Conognatha (Pithiscus) sellovii (Klug, 1825) ( Moore & Lander, 2010 )

Pineda, Cristian & Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, Types of the New World Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) deposited in Natural History Museum, London Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Stigmoderini, Zootaxa 4964 (3), pp. 443-470 : 453

Pithiscus nigrocoeruleus Kerremans, 1903:201 . [ Figure 27A & 27B ]

Syntype: “SYN-TYPE // Montevideo Parnier // nigrocoerulea Kerr. Type // Kerremans. 1903-59. // NHMUK 011520896 ” .

Current status: Synonym of Conognatha (Pithiscus) sellovii (Klug, 1825) ( Moore & Lander, 2010) .

Comments: A lectotype and one paralectotype were designated by Moore & Lander (2010:127) and are supposedly deposited in the British Museum Collection (NHMUK). The label data of the syntype examined matches the information cited for both the lecto-and paralectotype by Moore & Lander (2010:127), but not labelled as such.

Figures

FIGURES 25–28. 25) Conognatha minor Saunders, 1869; 26) Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934; 27) Pithiscus nigrocoeruleus Kerremans, 1903; 28) Conognatha nigro-purpurea Waterhouse, 1912. A = Dorsal habitus, B = Labels, Scale bars = 5.0 mm.