Hinda regularis ( Erichson, 1847 )

Almeida, Lúcia Massutti De, Milléo, Julianne & Gordon, Robert D., 2007, Review of certain lectotype designations in Hinda (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae), primarily those deposited in Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany, Zootaxa 1573, pp. 65-68 : 67

Hinda regularis ( Erichson, 1847)

Hyperaspis regularis Erichson, 1847:183 ; Mulsant, 1853:292.

Hinda regularis: Weise, 1899:269 ; 1902:174; Korschefsky, 1931:177; Blackwelder, 1945:446; Almeida & Milléo, 2000:72 , 78–79.

Distribution: Peru.

Type material: Almeida and Milléo (2000) incorrectly designated a ZMNB specimen of Hinda regularis as lectotype because it had the same characteristics described by Erichson. Drs. Manfred Uhlig and Bernd Jaeger ( ZMHB) discovered this error; the appropriate specimen in the ZMHB bears a lectotype label attached by Gordon in 1971, but that designation was not published. We here designate the following specimen as lectotype: a male, with genitalia in glycerin vial, with the following labels: white [4441], green [ regularis Er. , Peru Tsch.], white [LECTOTYPE, Hyperaspis regularis Erichson Gordon 1971 ], green [Hist.-Coll ( Coleoptera ) Nr. 4441, Hyperaspis regularis Er. , Peru, v. Tschudi, Zoo. Mus. Berlin], red [HOLOTYPUS, Hyperaspis regularis Erichson, 1847 , labeled by ZMHB 2003].

Erichson (1847) gave no indication how many specimens he had when describing this species. Therefore we consider a lectotype designation necessary in spite of the “ HOLOTYPUS ” label.