Meroplinthus decorus

Ferreira, Vinicius De Souza, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the type material of Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera) deposited in the Coleoptera collection of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 263-310 : 284-285

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3937.2.3
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:35087DD3-55F9-4F12-80FF-C088179CE0AB
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4901334
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scientific name	Meroplinthus decorus
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Meroplinthus decorus Costa, 1975 b: 76

Holotype: 1 ♂. [on red] Holótipo; Sayago, Montevideo, 25 –I– 1955, A. Silveira; f 22; IB; [on red] Meroplinthus decorus C. Costa det. 1975, holótipo.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 [unknown sex]. Donacion, Tombaxini, 1949; f 21; IB; [on red] Meroplinthus decorus C. Costa det. 1975, paratipo.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 ♀. Rio Grande, 85 – 4; BM; [on red] Meroplinthus decorus C. Costa det. 1975, holótipo.

Conservation status: Good condition. Genitalia glued on transparent card under specimen. Paratype: 1 [unknown sex]. Pelotas, II. 934, Irmas Figueiredo leg.; BM; [on red] Meroplinthus decorus C. Costa det. 1975, holótipo.

Conservation status: Good condition. Both antennae broken, one glued on card under specimen. Paratype: 1 [unknown sex]. Saimgo, 1948; f 23; IB; [on red] Meroplinthus decorus C. Costa det. 1975, holótipo.

Conservation status: Good condition; left antenna broken.