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Carpophilus brachypterus Say
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Description
Carpophilus brachypterus (Say)
Nitidula brachyptera Say 1825: 183.
The original Say type specimen of this species is lost or destroyed. Carpophilus brachypterus is a member of the speciose subgenus Ecnomorphus, and a neotype designation is necessary to provide taxonomic stability to the name and prevent potential taxonomic and systematic problems in the future. A male specimen collected at a similar time and matching the original type locality of “eastern United States ” was chosen from general holdings at the MCZ and is deposited there. Labels for the designated specimen are as follows: “Penn” “ ♂ ” “MCZ ENT/00596662”. Red label added reads as follows: “ Neotype / Nitidula brachyptera / Say, 1825 /Designated by Powell & Cline 2016”.
Notes
Published as part of Powell, Gareth S. & Cline, Andrew R., 2017, Type designations and taxonomic remarks for Nearctic sap beetles in the subfamily Carpophilinae Erichson (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), pp. 293-295 in Zootaxa 4268 (2) on page 294, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4268.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/580262
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Say
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Nitidulidae
- Genus
- Carpophilus
- Species
- brachypterus
- Taxon rank
- species
References
- Say, T. (1825) Descriptions of new species of coleopterous insects inhabiting the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 5 (1), 160 - 204.