Bolboceras excavatum R. A. Philippi, 1859

Smith, Andrew B. T., 2015, Rediscovery of primary type specimens and lectotype designation for Bolboceras excavatum R. A. Philippi, 1859 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (2), pp. 681-683 : 681-682

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5319060
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treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Bolboceras excavatum R. A. Philippi, 1859
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Bolboceras excavatus R. A. Philippi, 1859 in F. PHILIPPI (1859: 660). Bolboceras excavatum: BOUCOMONT (1912: 11) (catalogue; correction of gender agreement).

Type locality. Chile, Región de Los Ríos ( XIV), ‘cerca de Corral [= environs of Corral]’.

Type material examined. LECTOTYPE (here designated) ( Figs 1–3 View Figs 1–4 ): J, ‘ Chile [handwritten] // TYPUS [typeset, red label, black margin] // COLL. NICKERL / MUS. PRAGENSE [typeset] // Bolboceras / excavatum / Phil. Typ! Chili [handwritten, green label, black margin on right side] // BOLBOCERAS / EXCAVATUM / PHILIPPI [handwritten] / LECTOTYPE / A.B. T. SMITH [typeset, red label, black margin] // Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2616199 / Bolborhinum laesicolle / (Fairmaire, 1856) J / DET:A.B. T. SMITH 2008 [typeset]’ ( NMPC).

PARALECTOTYPE: 1J ( Fig. 4 View Figs 1–4 ), ‘ Chile [handwritten] // Typus [typeset, red label, black margin] // COLL. NICKERL, MUS. PRAGENSE [typeset] // BOLBOCERAS / EXCAVATUM / PHILIPPI [handwritten] / PARALECTOTYPE / A.B. T. SMITH [typeset, yellow label, black margin] // Southern Neotropical Scarabs / database # AS 2616200 / Bolborhinum laesicolle / (Fairmaire, 1856) J / DET: A.B. T. SMITH 2008 [typeset]’ ( NMPC).

Other type material. PARALECTOTYPE: 1 specimen, ‘ Chile [handwritten] // Typus [typeset, red label, black margin] // COLL. NICKERL, MUS. PRAGENSE [typeset]’ ( NMPC). Not examined, see BEZDĚK & HÁJEK (2009).