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Cymatodera lunulata Gorham 1882

Description

Cymatodera lunulata Gorham, 1882: 133

(Figs. 63–64)

Types. Described from “a very considerable series of specimens.” Twelve have been accounted.

Comments. The figured specimens demonstrate sexual dimorphism observed in apical antennomere length.

Series/ Type locality. San Gerónimo, Guatemala.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type [round, red-bordered label], S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Type, Cymatodera lunulata Gorham, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Cymatodera lunulata Gorham (BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Cymatodera lunulata Gorham (BMNH; 6, one of which has a [female] label above the locality label); S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Cym. lunulata Gorham, Museum Paris Coll. Gorham 1914 (MNHN; 1); S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Cymatodera 4, Museum Paris Coll. Gorham 1914 (MNHN; 2, sharing a card mount); S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Museum Paris Coll. Gorham 1914 (MNHN; 2).

Notes

Published as part of Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), pp. 301-335 in Zootaxa 3760 (3) on page 331, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/249718

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cleridae
Genus
Cymatodera
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Gorham
Species
lunulata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Cymatodera lunulata Gorham, 1882 sec. Leavengood & Garner, 2014

References

  • Gorham, H. S. (1882 - 1883) Insecta, Coleoptera, Cleridae. Biologia Centrali - Americana 3 (2), 113 - 168 (1882), 169 - 224 (1883).