Agathomerus elegans humerinotatus Guérin, 1943

Biffi, Gabriel, Defraia, Marcia Marise & Campaner, Carlos, 2021, Illustrated catalogue of type specimens of Megalopodidae (Coleoptera) deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61, pp. 1-19 : 3

Agathomerus elegans humerinotatus Guérin, 1943 ( Fig. 1 G-I)

Agathomerus elegans humerinotatus Guérin, 1943: 308 , fig. 7.

Agathomerus (Euagathomerus) elegans humerinotatus, Monrós, 1947: 194 .

Holotype: “HOLOTIPO // Jabaquara. / S. Paulo. / 11.937 // Coll. J. Guerin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 1435 // Agathomerus / elegans. J. Guér / v. humerinotatus / J. Guerin. det. 1943” . Paratype: “PARATIPO // Cidade. / S. Paulo. / 3.938 // Coll. J. Guerin. / S. Paulo. Brasil. / 15439 // Agathomerus / elegans. / v. humerinotatus / J. Guér / J. Guerin. det. 1943”.

Other type material: 2 paratypes. 1 paratype is deposit- ed at Instituto Biológico de São Paulo ( IBSP) ; 1 paratype was originally deposited in the private collection of H. Zellibor, which was later incorporated in the collection of C.A. Campos Seabra and, finally, split through Brazilian entomological collections. The major part of it, however, was deposited in the Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro ( MNRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) ( Costa et al., 2000). The current location of this paratype is unknown .

Figures

Figure 1. Megalopodidae type specimens,habitus and labels.(A-C) Agathomerus almeidai Guérin,1946,holotype; (D-F) Agathomerus bifasciatus nigrapex Guérin, 1949,holotype;(G-I) Agathomeruselegans humerinotatus Guérin,1943,holotype.