Phloiotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878)

Pollock, Darren A., 2015, Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2015 (427), pp. 1-15 : 3

Phloiotrya fusca (LeConte, 1878)

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Dircaea fusca LeConte 1878 b: 619 (type locality: Marquette, Michigan)

Dircaea fusca lectotype (♀), labeled: “Marquette 2.7 Mich / Type 4775 / [handwritten] D. fusca Lec. / LECTOTYPE ♀ Dircaea fusca LeConte design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. The MCZ insect type database (http://insects.oeb.harvard.edu/mcz/Species_ record.php?id=4517) lists the current combination as Phloeotrya vaudoueri (Mulsant) . I do not know whether this synonym has been published. It is listed as P. fusca by Bousquet et al. (2013).

Figures

Figures 1–13. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes.1–2. Hallomenus scapularis Melsheimer, lectotype. 1) Dorsal habitus. 2) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 3–4. Hallomenus serricornis LeConte, lectotype. 3) Dorsal habitus. 4) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 5–6. Hypulus bicinctus Horn, lectotype. 5) Dorsal habitus. 6) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 7–8. Dircaea liturata LeConte, male lectotype. 7) Dorsal habitus. 8) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 9–10. Dircaea fusca LeConte, female lectotype. 9) Dorsal habitus. 10) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm. 11–12. Dircaea prona LeConte, male lectotype. 11) Dorsal habitus. 12) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 13). Dircaea riversi LeConte, female lectotype, dorsal habitus. Scale line = 5.0 mm.