Loxandrus pusillus LeConte, 1852:252
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039387FD-5B74-5003-FF17-FA33346A5FA0 |
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Tatiana |
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Loxandrus pusillus LeConte, 1852:252 |
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19. Loxandrus pusillus LeConte, 1852:252 View in CoL
This taxon was described from one specimen collected in « Georgia ». The holotype, a female in LeConte’s collection in MCZ, is labelled «[orange disc]/Type 5699/ pusillus Lec. parvulus Chd f[?]. Sallé [handwritten]» .
The specimen (SBL ¼ 6.8 mm) belongs to the agilis group and is conspecific with specimens of L. minutus Allen, 1972 [NEW SYNONYMY]. This species belongs to a subgroup of several closely related species. However, I was unable to find any structural differences between the holotype of L. pusillus and the two paratypes of L. minutus I have seen.
The name L. pusillus was listed as a junior synonym of L. velox piciventris (LeConte) by Schaupp (1880:20) but the lectotype of L. piciventris is clearly not conspecific with the holotype of L. pusillus .
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Museum of Comparative Zoology |
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