Mastostethus haematomelas unicolor Guérin, 1943

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 : 8

Mastostethus haematomelas unicolor Guérin, 1943 ( Fig. 5 G-I)

Mastosthethus haematomelas unicolor Guérin, 1943: 302 .

Holotype: ♂ “HOLOTIPO // Campinas. / S. Paulo. / 1937 // Coll. J.Guerin. / S. Paulo. Brasil./ 11456 // Mastosthethus / haematomelas / v. unicolor J. Guér / J. Guerin. det. 1943”.

Paratype: “PARATIPO / Campinas. / S. Paulo. / 1.937 // Coll. J. Guerin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 11729 / Mastosthethus / haematomelas / v. unicolor J. Guér / J. Guerin. det. 1943”.

Paratype: “PARATIPO / B. Horizonte. / Minas. / 10.940 // Coll. J. Guerin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 4245 / Mastosthethus / haematomelas / v. unicolor J. Guér / J. Guerin. det. 1943”.

Comments: In the original publication, Guérin (1943: 302) defined the holotype (specimen number 11.456) as from Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais state), and two paratypes (numbers 4,245 and 11,729) from Campinas (São Paulo state). Actually, the holotype (11.456) is from Campinas and the paratypes are from Campinas and Belo Horizonte.

Figures

Figure 5. Megalopodidae type specimens,habitus and labels.(A-C) Mastostethusduodecimpunctatus Guérin,1945,holotype;(D-F) Mastostethus elongatus Guérin, 1944,holotype;(G-I) Mastostethushaematomelas unicolor Guérin,1943, holotype.