Homothermon praemorsus (Burmeister, 1855)

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias, 2017, Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies, ZooKeys 666, pp. 1-349 : 1

Homothermon praemorsus (Burmeister, 1855)

Odontognathus praemorsus Burmeister, 1855: 521 [original combination].

Homothermon praemorsus (Burmeister) [new combination by Ohaus 1918: 30].

Homothermon paulista Ohaus, 1898 synonym.

Homothermon paulista Ohaus, 1898: 61 [original combination].

Homothermon praemorsus (Burmeister) [syn. by Ohaus 1918: 30].

Distribution.

BRAZIL: São Paulo ( Burmeister 1855, Ohaus 1898, 1918, 1934b, Machatschke 1972, Krajcik 2008, Soula 2008).

Types.

1 ♀ syntype of Odontognathus praemorsus at ZMHB ( Soula 2008). 1 ♂ syntype specimen of Homothermon paulista at ZMHB (Fig. 34 ); 1 syntype specimen of Homothermon paulista at SDEI. Soula (2008: 32) stated that he found the holotype at ZMHB, yet he provided an image of a lectotype specimen (see " Type Specimens and Lectotype Designation " in Methods).

Figures

Figure 34. Homothermon paulista Ohaus (valid name H. praemorsus Burmeister) type male (see " Type specimens and lectotype designation " in Methods) from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimens labels, mouthparts, and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view.