Microtonus sericans LeConte, 1862

Pollock, Darren A., 2015, Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2015 (427), pp. 1-15 : 4

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scientific name	Microtonus sericans LeConte, 1862
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Microtonus sericans LeConte 1862: 259 (type locality: “Atlantic states”)

Microtonus sericans lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “[small yellow square] / [yellow rectangle] 3297 / [red-orange label] Type 4788 / [handwritten] Microtonus sericans Lec. / LECTOTYPE Microtonus sericans LeC. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. LeConte (1866: 163) included a (re)description of the species.

Symphora fl avicollis ( Haldeman, 1848)

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Scraptia flavicollis Haldeman 1848: 100 (type locality: “ New York ”)

Scraptia flavicollis lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “Type 8378 / [handwritten] Symphora flavicollis (Hald) / LECTOTYPE Scraptia flavicollis Hald. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]

References

Haldeman, S. S. 1848. Descriptions of North American Coleoptera, chiefly in the cabinet of J. L. Le Conte, M. D., with references to described species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (2) 1: 95 - 110.

LeConte, J. L. 1862. Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Part I (cont.). Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 3 (No. 136): 209 - 278.

LeConte, J. L. 1866. New species of North American Coleoptera. Part I. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 167: 87 - 168.

Figures

Figure 14–25. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes. 14) Dircaea riversi LeConte, lectotype, lateral habitus. Scale line = 5.0 mm. 15–16. Hypulus trifasciatus Melsheimer, lectotype. 15) Dorsal habitus. 16) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 17–18. Microtonus sericans LeConte, lectotype. 17) Dorsal habitus. 18) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 19–20. Scraptia flavicollis Haldeman, lectotype. 19) Dorsal habitus. Scale line = 2.0 mm. 20) Lateral habitus. Scale line = 1.0 mm. 21–22. Scraptia rugosa Haldeman, lectotype. 21) Dorsal habitus. 22) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 23–24. Melandrya maculata LeConte, male lectotype. 23) Dorsal habitus. 24) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 25) Melandrya striata var. bicolor Melsheimer, lectotype, dorsal habitus.