Phyllobaenus subulatus (Gorham, 1883: 169)

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 316

Phyllobaenus subulatus (Gorham, 1883: 169)

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Original combination. Hydnocera subulata

Types. The number of unrecognized syntypes in other museums is not known. There may be unrecognized paralectotypes from Senahu.

Comments. This species is strikingly similar to P. subvittatus ( Fig. 19 ), which has pale, often transverse maculae on the elytra. While entirely dark bodied at first glance, one specimen from the type series of P. subulatus hints at pale discoloration at the elytral base. Both species also share the same general distribution from Guatemala to Panama. Until the species groups of Phyllobaenus are revised and morphology is carefully assessed I will not emend the status of either species.

Series locality. Sabo, Senahu, and Sinanja Valley, Guatemala; Volcan de Chiriqui and

Bugaba, Panama.

Type locality. Sabo, Vera Paz, Guatemala.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type [round, red-bordered label], Sabo, Vera Paz, Champion, Type, Sp. figured, Hydnocera subulata Gorham, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera subulata Gorham ( BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: Senahu, Vera Paz, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera subulata Gorham ( BMNH; 1); V. de Chiriqui, 3–4000 ft, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera subulata Gorham ( BMNH; 1); V. de Chiriqui, 2–3000 ft, Champion, Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 2); V. de Chiriqui, 25–4000 ft, Champion, Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 1); Bugaba, 800–1500 ft, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera subulata Gorham ( BMNH; 1); Sinaja, Vera Paz, Champion, Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 17 – 20. Fig. 17) Phyllobaenus lateralis (Gorham), Lectotype [right] and Paralectotype [right] (left); Fig. 18) P. scapularis (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 19) P. subvittatus (Gorham), two Paralectotypes (BMNH); Fig. 20) P. subulatus (Gorham); Lectotype (BMNH).