Xylographus brasiliensis Pic, 1916

Sandoval-Gomez, Vivian Eliana, Lopes-Andrade, Cristiano & Lawrence, John F., 2014, Lectotype designations and nomenclatural changes in Xylographus Mellie (Coleoptera, Ciidae), ZooKeys 374, pp. 23-43 : 27

Xylographus brasiliensis Pic, 1916

Xylographus brasiliensis Pic 1916: 13. Type-locality: Rio Verde, Brazil.

Xylographus lucasi Lopes-Andrade and Zacaro 2003: 1. syn. n. Type-locality: Venda Nova do Imigrante, Espírito Santo, Brazil.

Type series.

BRASIL: female lectotype (MNHN), here designated, labeled: "Bresil. Goyaz. Rio Verde [printed] \ Xylographus [handwritten] \ Type [handwritten] \ Brasiliensis Pic [handwritten] \ [red label] LECTOTYPE Xylographus brasiliensis Pic [handwritten]".

Type material of the junior synonym.

See Lopes-Andrade and Zacaro (2003).

Remarks.

In the description of Xylographus lucasi , the authors did not have access to type specimens of Xylographus brasiliensis and stated that its description was vague (Lopes-Andrade and Lawrence 2003). After we examined the available type of Xylographus brasiliensis , a female located in the MNHN, we observed there is no difference between it and female paratypes of Xylographus lucasi . We have located in the MNHN a male specimen collected in “Goyaz” (which may correspond to the current state of Goiás or to Tocantins), a historical specimen but not from the original type series of Xylographus brasiliensis . We dissected it and compared the sclerites of abdominal terminalia to those of male paratypes of Xylographus lucasi , and they are exactly the same. The species is widespread in the tropical South America and the type localities of both names are within its known range (pers. obs.).