Pristerophora picipennis ( Solier, 1851 )

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2008, South American Melolonthinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) classification and nomenclature: some problems and solutions, Insecta Mundi 2008 (60), pp. 1-28 : 17

Pristerophora picipennis ( Solier, 1851)

Original combination. Prionophora picipennis

Solier, 1851: 102 Type locality. “la provincia de Coquimbo.”

Figure 18-19. Pusiodactylus spp. male habitus. 18) P. Type series. Lectotype male at MNHN labeled flavipennis . 19) Pusiodactylus mondacai male.

a) “15 / 43” (handwritten on white underside of

round, green label), b) “Prionolobus / picipennis /

Sol. Copioyio” (handwritten, somewhat illegible, label pinned sideways), c) “MUSEUM PARIS / Chili / Gay” (typeset and handwritten), d) “ PRIONOPHORA / PICIPENNIS / SOLIER / LECTOTYPE [male symbol] / A.B.T. SMITH” (red label, handwritten and typeset), e) “Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2615329 / Pristerophora picipennis / ( Solier, 1851) [male symbol] / DET: A.B.T.SMITH 2008” (typeset). Lectotype here designated. One female paralectotype at MNHN labeled a) “15 / 43” (handwritten on white underside of round, green label), b) “MUSEUM PARIS / Chili / Gay” (typeset and handwritten), c) “ PRIONOPHORA / PICIPENNIS / SOLIER / PARALECTOTYPE [female symbol] / A.B.T. SMITH” (yellow label, handwritten and typeset), d) “Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2615378 / Pristerophora picipennis / ( Solier, 1851) [female symbol] / DET: A.B.T.SMITH 2008” (typeset).