Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828

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 : 47-48

Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828

Figs 4A , 20 G–H

Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828: 369 .

Note

Plectris tomentosa was described based on an undetermined number of specimens.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated, Fig. 20 G–H)

BRAZIL: ♂, MNHN, labels: [MUSÉUM PARIS] [ P. tomentosa | Lep. St. Farg. et Serv. | Brésil] [LECTOTYPE | Plectris tomentosa | LePeletier & | Audinet-Serville, 1828 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Remarks

A specimen at BMNH is labeled as Frey’s neotype for P. tomentosa ( Fig. 22 F ), but a neotype for this species was never proposed.

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.

Fig. 4. A–C. Male metatarsus. D. Female metatarsus. E–H. Aedeagus (lateral, parameres apex). I–J. Antenna (♂, ♀). A. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. B, E–F. Anomonyx uruguayensis Moser, 1921. C–D, G–J. Oedichira pachydactyla Burmeister, 1855. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Fig. 22. A–D. Holotype, ♂ (dorsal, labels). A–B. Paulosawaya ornatissima Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956. C–F. Pseudoleuretra bokermanni Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956. E–F. Non-type material. E. Junkia ceylanica Nonfried, 1894. F. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. Scale bars = 2 mm.