Plectris fallax ( Blanchard, 1850 )

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 47

Plectris fallax ( Blanchard, 1850)

Fig. 20 E–F

Demodema fallax Blanchard, 1850: 121 .

Plectris fallax – Katovich 2008: 6 ( Demodema synonym of Plectris ).

Note

Demodema fallax was described based on an undetermined number of specimens.

Material examined

Lectotype (here designated, Fig. 20 E–F)

BRAZIL: ♂, MNHN, labels: [14 | “illegible”] [MUSÉUM PARIS | BRÉSIL | MINAS-GERAES | DE CASTELNAU 1847] [COTYPE] [ Demodema fallax Bl. ] [LECTOTYPE ♂ | Demodema fallax | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Plectris fallax | ( Blanchard, 1850) | det. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Paralectotype

BRAZIL: 1 ♂, MNHN, labels: [14 | “illegible”] [MUSÉUM PARIS | BRÉSIL | DE CASTELNAU] [PARALECTOTYPE ♂ | Demodema fallax | Blanchard, 1850 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] [ Plectris fallax | ( Blanchard, 1850) | ♂ | det. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014] .

Figures

Fig 20. Lectotypes (dorsal, labels). A–B. Pachycerus castaneipennis Guérin-Méneville, 1831. C–D. Anomalochilus singularis Blanchard, 1850. E–F. Demodemafallax Blanchard, 1850. G–H. Plectris tomentosa LePeletier de Saint-Fargeau & Audinet-Serville, 1828. I–J. Gama grandicornis Blanchard, 1850. K–L. Pachylotoma viridis Blanchard, 1850. M–N. Serica marmorea Guérin-Méneville, 1831. O–P. Rhinaspoides aeneofusca Moser, 1919. Scale bars = 2 mm.