Hister divisifrons Schmidt, 1895

Mazur, Sławomir, 2007, Notes on some species described in the genus Hister L. (Coleoptera: Histeridae). III, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 7 (2), pp. 149-156 : 150

Hister divisifrons Schmidt, 1895

There is a need to designate the lecto- and paralectotypes from the type-series preserved at the MNHUB. To a better recognition, however, the figures of the male genital structure are given

(Figs. 1 - 6).

Lectotypus: a female, 1) [white, printed] Ceylon, Heuser 91, 2) [orange, printed] Type, 3) [white, handwritten] divisifrons m. n. sp., 4) [white, printed] coll. J. Schmidt, 5) [red, printed] Syntypus, Hister divisifrons Schmidt, 1895 , labeled by MNHUB 2007 , 6 ) [white, printed] Lectotypus, 7) [white, printed] Des. S. Mazur 2007.

Paralectotypes: I, a male, 1) [white, printed] Ceylon, Heuser 91, 2) [orange, printed] Type, 3) [white, printed] coll. J. Schmidt, 4) [red, printed] Syntypus, Hister divisifrons Schmidt, 1895 , labeled by MNHUB 2007 , 5 ) [white, printed] Paralectotypus, 6) [white, printed] Des. S. Mazur 2007; II, sex undetermined, as labeled as the paralectotype I.

Other materials: [Sri-Lanka] Ceylon, XII.1881 - IV.1882, 1 ex., leg. G. Lewis; Ceylon, C. Prov. Kandy, 26-30.vi - 1983 , 1 B&, leg. Ole Mehl, Sri Lanka, 5 km, Southern-eastern Belihulu Oya , 9- 10.XII.1993, 1 ex. [ CHSM] .