Choeridium scrupulosum Balthasar, 1939

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2011, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51 (1), pp. 349-378 : 353

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5327974
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5388852
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B536151B-2E38-4D14-AAD6-FE74FE2FFC9A
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Choeridium scrupulosum Balthasar, 1939
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Choeridium scrupulosum Balthasar, 1939 View in CoL

Choeridium scrupulosum Balthasar, 1939d: 52 View in CoL .

The holotype and one paratype are deposited in NMPC (ex coll. V. Balthasar):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘ R. d. JANEIRO / N. Fribuigo / Ohaus S. [p] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Choeridium / scrupulosum / n. sp. m. [hw] / Dr. V. Balthasar det. [p] // Heller determ. [p] / Choeridium / apicatum / Har. [hw] // scrupulosum m. [hw, green label, black margin]’.

PARATYPE (J): ‘Theophillo Ottoni / Minas geraes [p, green label] // Typus [p, red label, black margin] // Choeridium / scrupulosum / Balth. [hw, green label]’.

Current status. Ateuchus scrupulosus (Balthasar, 1939) , see CHAPIN (1946).

Remark. Current generic placement is erroneous. The species belongs to an undescribed genus (VAZ- DE- MELLO 2007).