Mastostethus columbianus Guérin, 1951

Biffi, Gabriel, Defraia, Marcia Marise & Campaner, Carlos, 2021, Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-19 : 6-8

Mastostethus columbianus Guérin, 1951 ( Fig. 3 G-I)

Mastosthethus columbianus Guérin, 1951: 577 ; fig. 2.

Paratype: “PARATIPO // Vila Elvira / Cauca / Colombia / 1.932 // Villa Elvira / Cauca //Coll. J. Guérin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 18589 // Mastosthethus columbianus / J. Guér. / J. Guerin det. 1950”. Paratype: “PARATIPO // Vila Elvira / Cauca / Colombia / 1.932 // Villa Elvira / Cauca // Coll. J. Guérin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 18514 // Mastosthethus columbianus / J. Guér. / J. Guerin det. 1950”.

Other type material: The original description lists the holotype from “Columbia: S. Antonio” and 2 para-

types from “Columbia: Aguatal” and “Rio Vitaco” in the collection of the “Museum Georg Frey”, currently at the Naturhistorisches Museum Basel ( NHMB, Basel, Switzerland). The paratype from “Aguatal” was not found in that collection (M. Geiser, personal communication).

Figures

Figure 3. Megalopodidaetype specimens,habitus and labels.(A-C) AgathomerusquadrimaculatusGuérin,1945,holotype;(D-F) Agathomerusvittatus Guérin,1945 (currently Plesioagathomerus vittatus (Guérin)),holotype;(G-I) Mastostethus columbianus Guérin,1951, paratype.