Agathomerus nicki Guérin, 1948

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 : 6

Agathomerus nicki Guérin, 1948

( Fig. 2 G-I)

Agathomerus nicki Guérin, 1948: 70 , fig. 2; Botero, 2020. Agathomerus (Agathomerus) nicki, Rodríguez-Mirón,

2018: 272.

Holotype: “ALOTIPO // Taipas / S. Paulo. / 11.945 // Taipas / São Paulo – Capital / Dr. Nick. 11.11.45 // Coll. J. Guérin / S. Paulo Brasil. / 17813 // Agathomerus / Nicki J. Guer. / J. Guérin. det. 1947”.

Comments: The specimen labelled as “alotipo” (allotype) from the MZUSP is actually the holotype of Agathomerus nicki . All the locality data, dates and accession number given in the labels match with the data provided in the original description for the single holotype specimen.

Figures

Figure 2. Megalopodidae type specimens,habitus and labels. (A-C) Agathomerus hieroglyphicus Guérin,1945,holotype;(D-F) Agathomerus nobilis cyaneonotatus Guérin,1943 (= Agathomerusbasalis Pic,1916), holotype.(G-I) Agathomerus nicki Guérin,1948,holotype (not“allotype”);