TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mondaca, José
A1  - Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z.
T1  - Homocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): lectotype designation for Copris torulosus Eschscholtz, 1822, and correction on the geographic distribution of the two Chilean species
T2  - Insecta Mundi
N2  - Homocopris Burmeister, 1846 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is a small genus of South American dung beetles composed of four species distributed in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile. Recently, a neotype was designated for Copris torulosus Eschscholtz, 1822 (currently H. torulosus) based on the assumption that the original type series had been lost. However, this designation is invalid for failing to comply with articles 75.2, 75.3, 75.3.1, and 75.3.4. of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Furthermore, even if it had been nomenclaturally valid, the neotype now loses its type status because we found a syntype in the material of the Johann Friedrich Eschscholtz collection, preserved in the collection of Zoological Museum, Moscow Lomonosov State University, Moscow, Russia. We present evidence supporting the recognition of this specimen as a syntype and newly designate it as the lectotype. Photographs of the lectotype and its labels are provided. Additionally, the geographic distributions of H. punctatissimus (Curtis, 1844) and H. torulosus (Eschscholtz, 1822) in Chile are corrected.

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T3  - Insecta Mundi - 1068 
KW  - Dung beetles
KW  - Homocoprini
KW  - nomenclature syntypes
Y1  - 2024
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/73304
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-733045
SN  - 1942-1354
SN  - 0749-6737
VL  - 2024
IS  - article 1068
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
PB  - Flora & Fauna Publ.
CY  - Gainesville, Fla.
ER  -