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Alvarinus canescens

Description

Alvarinus canescens (Burmeister, 1855)

Figs 3, 17 C–D

Corminus canescens Burmeister, 1855: 40.

Alvarinus canescens – Katovich 2008: 6 (Corminus synonym of Alvarinus).

Note

Corminus canescens was described based on an undetermined number of males and females, and at least one specimen of each sex. Only one male was found and designated as lectotype.

Material examined

Lectotype (hereby designated, Fig. 17 C–D)

BRAZIL: ♂, ZNSM, labels: [Corminus | Burm.] {drawer label} [canescens | Germ. | Bras. Br.] {drawer label} [Nov. | Frib.] [LECTOTYPE ♂ | Corminus canescens | Burmeister, 1855 | des. J. Fuhrmann & | F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello, 2014].

Notes

Published as part of Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, pp. 1-71 in European Journal of Taxonomy 350 on page 14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2017.350, http://zenodo.org/record/3832682

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ZNSM
Scientific name authorship
Burmeister
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Scarabaeidae
Genus
Alvarinus
Species
canescens
Taxon rank
species
Type status
lectotype
Taxonomic concept label
Alvarinus canescens (Burmeister, 1855) sec. Fuhrmann & Vaz-De-Mello, 2017

References

  • Burmeister H. 1855. Handbuch der Entomologie. Vierter Band. Besondere Entomologie. Fortsetzung. Zweite Abtheilung. Coleoptera Lamellicornia Phyllophaga chaenochela. Theodor Johann Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 8135
  • Katovich K. 2008. A generic-level phylogenetic review of the Macrodactylini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae). Insecta Mundi 23: 1 - 78.