Contacyphon maculatus ( Solier, 1849 )

Ruta, Rafał, 2020, An overview of Scirtidae (Coleoptera) described by Antoine Joseph Jean Solier (1792 - 1851), Zootaxa 4767 (4), pp. 563-577 : 566

Contacyphon maculatus ( Solier, 1849)

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Cyphon maculatum Solier, 1849: 458 (terra typica: provincias meridionales de Chile)

Helodes maculatus Solier : Gemminger & von Harold 1869: 1618

Cyphon maculatum: Blackwelder 1944: 266 (checklist; Chile); Moroni 1985: 174 ( Chile, prov. de Coquimbo)

Cyphon maculatus: Pic 1914: 32 (checklist; Chile)

Contacyphon maculatus ( Solier, 1849) : Zwick et al. 2013: 343

Remarks. The type specimen was not found in the collection of the MNHN, but numerous specimens identified in late 1800s and early 1900s by coleopterists other than Solier are present in the collection. The species is closely related to Contacyphon luteolineatus and C. parvus (see Discussion below).

Figures

FIGURE 4. The second volume of “Zoological Atlas” (Gay 1854), detail of plate 11 (section “Coleopteros”), drawn by Solier, painted by Blanchard, and engraved by Lebrun in Imprimerie Lesauvage in Paris. Contacyphon maculatus (Solier, 1849), lighter polygon on the left and Elodes velutinus Solier, 1849, lighter polygon on the right.