Praocis sulcata Eschscholtz. In 1829
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas (IADIZA, CCT CONICET Mendoza), Casilla de correo 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina. E-mail: gflores @ mendoza-conicet. gov. ar
- 2. Laboratorio de Entomología Ecológica, Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de La Serena, Casilla 599, La Serena, Chile. E-mail: japizarro @ userena. cl
Description
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Praocis sulcata Eschscholtz, 1829: 7; Dejean, 1834: 180 (cat.); Dejean, 1836: 200 (cat.); Laporte, 1840: 187; Solier, 1840: 235 (rev.) (misidentif.); Lacordaire, 1859: 214; Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 1906 (cat.); Philippi, 1887: 733 (cat.); Gebien, 1910: 262 (cat.); Gebien, 1938: 400 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1945: 523 (cat.); Kulzer, 1958: 19 (rev.); Peña, 1966: 429 (cat.); Flores, 2007: 416 (lectot.).
Praocis rotundata Laporte, 1840: 187 (not Lacordaire, 1830: 284); Solier, 1851: 190 (rev.); Lacordaire, 1859: 213; Gemminger & Harold, 1870: 1905 (cat.); Philippi, 1887: 732 (cat.); Gebien, 1910: 261 (cat.); Gebien, 1938: 398 (cat.); Blackwelder, 1945: 523 (cat.). New synonymy based on redescription of P. rotundata Laporte by Solier, 1851.
Lectotype of Praocis sulcata (Fig. 1): [Type] [14893] [Hist.-Coll. (Coleoptera)/ Nr. 14893/ Praocis sulcata Eschsch. / Chili, Eschsch./ Zool. Mus. Berlin] [Syntypys/ Praocis sulcata / Eschscholtz, 1829 / labelled by the MNHUB 2005] [Lectotypus / Praocis sulcata Eschscholtz, 1829 / Des. G. Flores 2005] (MNHUB). One paralectotype same data as lectotype, except two first labels (MNHUB).
Notes: Flores (2007: 416) designated lectotype and paralectotype. Because Praocis rotundata Laporte, 1840 is now placed in synonymy, there is no need to propose a new name for this species which is a junior homonym of Praocis rotundata Lacordaire, 1830.
Comments. Praocis rotundata Laporte shares with P. sulcata Eschscholtz the following characters: elytron with two carinae well marked and three grooves bearing short, broad, golden, squamiform setae; carinae wider than grooves; lateral margin well demarcated with a finer edge; pseudopleuron with punctures. These characters were recognized by Solier (1851) in his redescription of P. rotundata Laporte and are diagnostic for P. sulcata as stated by Eschscholtz (1829).
Based on the examined material of this species housed in LEULS and IADIZA, we assign its geographical distribution to Chile, from Elqui Province (Coquimbo Region) to Concepcion Province (Bío Bío Region).
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- LEULS, IADIZA
- Scientific name authorship
- Eschscholtz. In
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Tenebrionidae
- Genus
- Praocis
- Species
- sulcata
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Praocis sulcata In, 1829 sec. Flores & Pizarro-Araya, 2010
References
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- Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1834) Catalogue de Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Deuxieme edition [Livraison 3] Mequignon-Marvis Pere et Fils, Paris, pp. 177 - 256.
- Dejean, P. F. M. A. (1836) Catalogue de Coleopteres de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean. Troisieme edition, revue, corrigee et augmentee. [Livraisons 1 - 4] Mequignon-Marvis Pere et Fils, Paris, pp. 1 - 384.
- Laporte, F. L. N. C. (Comte de Castelnau) (1840) Historie naturelle des insectes, vol. 2. P. Dumenil, Paris, 564 pp.
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