Phyllobaenus haematicus (Gorham, 1883: 172)

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 308

Phyllobaenus haematicus (Gorham, 1883: 172)

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Original combination. Hydnocera haematica

Types. Two BMNH specimens match the two forms described by Gorham and have the same respective sexes (marked with “?” on Gorham’s determination labels) and locality data from the original description. Another two were discovered in the MNHN. There may be additional syntypes in other museums. The paralectotype from the BMNH ( Fig. 5 ) is P. g orh am i (Wolcott), which was described after haematicus . Referring to gorhami Wolcott (1910: 378) indicated: “This appears to be the same as the species placed doubtfully as the female of haematicus by Gorham.”

Series/ Type locality. Puebla, Cuernavaca, Mexico. The paralectotype is from “Cuernavaca, Mexico.”

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Syntype [round, blue-bordered label], type [round, red-bordered label], Puebla, Mexico, Salle Coll., B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera haematica Gorham [male]? (BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: Syntype [round, blue-bordered label], Cuernavaca, Mexico, Salle Coll., B. C. A. Col. III (2), Hydnocera haematica Gorham [female]? (BMNH; 1, now P. gorhami ); Cuernavaca, Mexico, Salle Coll., Hydnocera haematica Gorh. [female], Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] (MNHN; 1); Cuernavaca, Mexico, Salle Coll., Hydnocera haematica Gorh. [male]?, Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label], Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] (MNHN; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. Fig. 1) Phyllobaenus aeneicollis (Schenkling), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 2) P. chalybeatus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 3) P. clavatus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 4) P. haematicus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 5) P. haematicus (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH), actually P. gorhami (Wolcott); Fig. 6) P. nigroaeneus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH).