Three new synonymies in Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with lectotype and neotype designations
- In the course of working on new species of North American Phyllophaga Harris, 1827 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) some synonyms have been found and are proposed here. New synonymies: Phyllophaga knausii (Schaeffer, 1907) is synonymized with Phyllophaga sociata (Horn, 1878); Phyllophaga chippewa Saylor, 1939 is synonymized with Phyllophaga rugosa (Melsheimer, 1845); and Phyllophaga falta Sanderson, 1950 is synonymized with Phyllophaga bipartita (Horn, 1887). Lectotypes are here designated for the following species: Listrochelus knausii Schaeffer, Listrochelus sociatus Horn, and Lachnosterna bipartita Horn. A neotype for Ancylonycha rugosa Melsheimer is here designated from the Horn Collection.
Author: | Kyle E. SchneppORCiD |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-642306 |
URL: | https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/119222 |
ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
ISSN: | 0749-6737 |
Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi |
Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (742) |
Publisher: | Flora & Fauna Publ. |
Place of publication: | Gainesville, Fla. |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2020/01/10 |
Date of first Publication: | 2019/12/23 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2021/11/26 |
Tag: | Melolonthinae; Melolonthini; North America; taxonomy |
Volume: | 2019 |
Issue: | article 742 |
Page Number: | 8 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 6 |
HeBIS-PPN: | 489516742 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |