Pachybrachis newmani Jacobson, 1901

Barney, Robert J., 2019, Key to All Sixty-Four Species of Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) in the Eastern USA, The Coleopterists Bulletin 73 (1), pp. 85-96 : 94

37. Pachybrachis newmani Jacobson, 1901 (Type

unknown). New Status

Barney 2016a: fig. 2; map 2.

Synonym. Cryptocephalus limbatus Newman, 1840 (Type unknown); Pachybrachis discoideus Bowditch,1909 (Holotype in SEMC), New Synonymy.

Remarks. A recently discovered female specimen in BMNH is labeled “Ent. Club. / 44-12. [printed, white paper] // Cryptocephalus / limbatus Newm [hand-inked, white paper] // SYN / TYPE [circular white disc with blue border]” and allegedly from Suffrian’ s collection. Michael F. Geiser (BMNH) recently brought to my attention a footnote that proposed Pachybrachis newmani Jacobson as a replacement name for P. limbatus , which was a homonym ( Jacobson 1901). The footnote, in a rather obscure Finnish journal, reads “ P. limbatus Newm. 1840 et Leconte 1880 (non Ménétr. 1836) – newmani nom. Nov. renominandus est).” This gives P. newmani priority and P. discoideus becomes a synonym. Clavareau (1913) listed P. discoideus and P. newmani from Florida and P. limbatus from Turkey and Greece.