Nicandra okahandia ( Gebien, 1920 )

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 567

4. Nicandra okahandia ( Gebien, 1920) ( Fig. 13C ) Blastarnus okahandius Gebien 1920: 150 . Nicandra okahandia : Koch 1958: 151.

Type Data. Neotype, here designated, male ( Ditsong Museum ): “ Portsmut, Ababis, VIII.1954. Vernay-Transv. Mus. Exped.” . Holotype, male (Hamburg Museum ), destroyed: “Okahandja 27.-28. IV.1911 (Michaelsen)” .

Note. As a result of the work on this catalog, we found that the holotype of this species was destroyed during WW2 ( Koch 1958). Unfortunately, in 1958 Koch incorrectly designated a neotype for this species by designating 45 specimens as “ neotypes ” ( ICZN 1999). We hereby designate a neotype from the series investigated by Koch (1958) to provide nomenclatural stability and refer the reader to that publication for morphological details.

Distribution. NAMIBIA: Okahandja ( Gebien 1920), Ababis, Svakop ( Koch 1958).

Figures

Fig. 13. Type specimens of species representing the genus Nicandra subgenus Calous. A) N. granicosta, B) N. hobohmi, C) N. okahandia, D) N. variabilis.