Dasiosoma testaceum Britton, 1937

Shi, Hongliang, Zhou, Hongzhang & Liang, Hongbin, 2013, Taxonomic synopsis of the subtribe Physoderina (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Lebiini), with species revisions of eight genera, ZooKeys 284, pp. 1-129 : 65

Dasiosoma testaceum Britton, 1937 Habitus: Fig. 53

Dasiosoma testaceum Britton 1937: 234 (original: Dasiosoma ; type locality: N. W. Rhodesia; syntypes deposited in NHML); Basilewsky 1949: 222 ( Dasiosoma ).

Type examined.

Syntypes of Dasiosoma testaceum Britton: 1 male (NHML), " Holo- Type" [round label with red circle]; "N. W. Rhodesia: / Lukanga. / l.v.1915. / H. C. Dollman"; "H. C. Dollman / Coll. 1919-79"; " Dasiosoma / testacea g. sp. n. / Holotype / E. B. Britton. / det. 28.vii.193 7 "[Fig. 53]. 25 ex. (NHML), the same collection data but labeled as paratype.

Notes on types.

The original description mentioned a total of 30 specimens of Dasiosoma testaceum , but no holotype was originally fixed. So, all specimens we found in NHML are syntypes, although the first one was labeled as “holotype” by Britton himself.

Figures

Figures 49 - 54. Type materials, scale bars = 2.0 mm: 49 Lectotype of Allocota caerulea Andrewes [= Allocota viridipennis Motschulsky] 50 Holotype of Allocota cyanipennis Heller 51 Lectotype of Taicona aurata Bates [= Allocota aurata (Bates)] 52 Holotype of Allocota bicolor sp. n. 53 Syntype of Dasiosoma testaceum Britton 54 Holotype of Dasiosoma hirsutum Basilewsky [= Dasiosoma basilewskyi nom. n.].