Psectes hereroensis Koch, 1958

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 : 574

4. Psectes hereroensis Koch, 1958 ( Fig. 17B ) Psectes hereroensis Koch 1958: 198 .

Type Data. Syntypes, male and female (Ditsong Museum): “Damaraland: 20 m. S. of Narnutoni, VII.1954, Vernay-Transv. Mus. Exped.” ; six specimens (Lund Museum): “Outjo, VI.1951, P. Brink & G. Rudebeck ” ; two females (Ditsong Museum): “Otavi, VII.1954, Vernay-Tranv. Mus. Exped.” .

Distribution. NAMIBIA: surroundings of Namutoni, Otavi, Outjo ( Koch 1958).

Note. Although the studied type specimen is labeled as a lectotype ( Fig. 17B ), this designation was never formalized in publication. Therefore, the specimen presented on Fig. 17B should still be considered a syntype.

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Fig. 17. Type specimens of species representing the genus Psectes. A) P. bechuanus, B) P. hereroensis, C) P. kaokoanus, D) P. porti, E) P. transvaalensis, F) P. criberrimus.