Neleus tlascala

Bezděk, Aleš, Boucher, Stéphane, Hájek, Jiří & Cas, Biology Centre, 2017, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1), pp. 279-293 : 288

Neleus tlascala var.? chilensis Kuwert, 1891

Neleus tlascala var.? chilensis Kuwert, 1891: 186 .

One unsexed specimen: ‘Haller / 1884 [hw] // N. chilensis / t. Kuwert 87 / typ! [hw Nickerl] // var. von / tlascala /

t. Kuwert [hw Nickerl]’.

Remark. This specimen, with no label by Kuwert, probably belongs to the same species as the specimen identified by Kuwert himself in his collection. Nevertheless, it is not considered a syntype, because KUWERT (1891) stated the length of this species to be 41 mm (the above mentioned specimen is slightly smaller, 40 mm) and the type locality ‘Chili’, which corresponded to the specimen in Kuwert’s collection only. The species is a Passalus sensu BOUCHER (2015) and is currently a junior subjective synonym of P. punctiger Le Peletier & Serville 1825 .