Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846

Pollock, Darren A., 2015, Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2015 (427), pp. 1-15 : 6

Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, 1846

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Orchesia castanea Melsheimer 1846: 57 (type locality: “ Pennsylvania ”)

Orchesia castanea lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “Melsh. / LECTOTYPE (bottom) and Paralectotypes Orchesia castanea Melsh. design. D A Pollock 2000 / MCZ TYPE 35390”. [lectotype by present designation]. Laliberté (1966), who essentially revised the genus Orchesia for North America, did not examine or discuss any of the Melsheimer types. Although this and the following species of Orchesia were mentioned by Melsheimer (1806) in a list in a catalogue (and lacking description), they were not validated until Melsheimer (1846). Thus, the original genus for these two species is Orchesia , and not Hallomenus (as indicated by Laliberté 1966).

Figures

Figure 26–36. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes. 26. Melandrya striata var. bicolor Melsheimer, lectotype, lateral habitus. Scale line = 2.0 mm. 27–28. Melandrya striata var. thoracica Melsheimer, lectotype. 27) Dorsal habitus. 28) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 29–30. Hypulus fulminans LeConte, lectotype. 29) Dorsal habitus. 30) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 31–32. Microscapha arctica Horn, lectotype. 31) Dorsal habitus. 32) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 0.5 mm. 33–34. Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, lectotype. 33) Dorsal habitus. 34) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 35–36. Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, lectotype. 35) Dorsal habitus. 36) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm.