Zargus desertae WOLLASTON 1854

Wrase, D. W., 2010, A new species of genus Zargus WOLLASTON 1854 from Madeira (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Licinini), Linzer biologische Beiträge 42 (1), pp. 325-334 : 327

Zargus desertae WOLLASTON 1854

S y n t y p e 13: "42669" (black print on white label), " Zargus / Desertae m. / Deserta Grande" (handwritten by Wollaston on white label); with labels subsequently added: "Hist. Coll. ( Coleoptera / Nr. 42669 / Zargus Desertae Woll. * / Deserta grande / Coll. Schaum / Zool. Mus. Berlin " (black print on white label); " SYNTYPE " (black print on red label); " Zargus / desertae WOLLASTON, 1854 / WRASE det. 2009" (black print on white label) (MNHUB).

O t h e r m a t e r i a l: " Zargus desertae Woll " (handwritten on white label), "Coll. L.W. / Schaufuss" (black print on white label) (13, MNHUB).

A further female without any labels was arranged behind this specimen, it cannot be excluded that it deals with a second syntype of Z. desertae , as the old collection catalogue listing the historical material including types mentions a second syntype which is missing.