Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866

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 : 3

Dircaea liturata LeConte, 1866

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Dircaea liturata LeConte 1866: 66 (type locality: unknown)

Dircaea liturata lectotype (♂), labeled: “[pink disc = middle states; MD, DE, NY, NJ, PA, CT?, RI?] / Type 4773 / [handwritten] Dircaea liturata Lec. 4-maculata ║Say / LECTOTYPE ♂ Dircaea liturata LeC. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. Multiple authors have indicated the citation for this species as LeConte’s “List of the Coleoptera of North America”, p. 66. Although this is merely a list and does not include an actual description, it does appear to be the first use of Dircaea liturata . LeConte did mention (twice) that his D. liturata was a replacement name for Serropalpus quadrimaculatus Say. The name is pre-occupied by Serropalpus quadrimaculatus Illiger, 1798 (also in Dircaea ).

Figures

Figures 1–13. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes.1–2. Hallomenus scapularis Melsheimer, lectotype. 1) Dorsal habitus. 2) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 3–4. Hallomenus serricornis LeConte, lectotype. 3) Dorsal habitus. 4) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 5–6. Hypulus bicinctus Horn, lectotype. 5) Dorsal habitus. 6) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 7–8. Dircaea liturata LeConte, male lectotype. 7) Dorsal habitus. 8) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 9–10. Dircaea fusca LeConte, female lectotype. 9) Dorsal habitus. 10) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 11–12. Dircaea prona LeConte, male lectotype. 11) Dorsal habitus. 12) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 13). Dircaea riversi LeConte, female lectotype, dorsal habitus. Scale line = 5.0 mm.