Pseudoserica grandicornis ( Blanchard, 1850 ) Fuhrmann & Vaz-De, 2017

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 49

Pseudoserica grandicornis ( Blanchard, 1850) comb. nov.

Fig. 20 I–J

Gama grandicornis Blanchard, 1850: 118 .

Harpodactyla grandicornis Burmeister, 1855: 18 (different species, with the same epithet, later synonymized).

Harpodactyla grandicornis – Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1411 (synonymy).

Note

Gama grandicornis was described based on an undetermined number of specimens.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated, Fig. 20 I–J)

BRAZIL: ♂, MNHN, labels: [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [ Gama | grandicornis, Bl. ] [ Gama | grandicornis | Blanchard | fide K.Katovich | 03] [LECTOTYPE ♂ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Pseudoserica | grandicornis | ( Blanchard, 1850) ♂ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Paralectotypes (n = 3)

BRAZIL: 2 ♂♂, MNHN, labels: [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [PARALECTOTYPE ♂ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Pseudoserica | grandicornis | ( Blanchard, 1850) ♂ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] ; 1 ♀, BMNH, labels: [Co- | type] [11 | 44] [MUSÉUM PARIS | Rio | de Castelnau] [1946.181] [ Gama | grandicornis Bl. | R. Paulian det.] [PARALECTOTYPE ♀ | Gama grandicornis | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Pseudoserica | grandicornis | ( Blanchard, 1850) ♀ | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Figures

Fig 20. Lectotypes (dorsal, labels). A–B. Pachycerus castaneipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1831. C–D. Anomalochilus singularis Blanchard, 1850. E–F. Demodemafallax Blanchard, 1850. G–H. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. I–J. Gama grandicornis Blanchard, 1850. K–L. Pachylotoma viridis Blanchard, 1850. M–N. Serica marmorea Guérin-Méneville, 1831. O–P. Rhinaspoides aeneofusca Moser, 1919. Scale bars = 2 mm.