Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2010, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 629-655 : 636

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scientific name	Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887
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Goliathus atlas Nickerl, 1887 View in CoL

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Goliathus Atlas Nickerl, 1887: 174 View in CoL .

The holotype is deposited in NMPC (ex coll. Nickerl):

HOLOTYPE (J): ‘n.sp. / von W. Frič in / Prag zukaüft [badly readable] / 7/4 1887 - 50 feiw. [badly readable] [hw] // Goliathus / atlas / Nick. Flum. Volta [hw, pink label]’.

Current status. Probably a natural hybrid of Goliathus regius Klug, 1835 and G. cacicus

(Voët, 1779), see, e.g., LACHAUME (1983).

Remark. A species-group name established for an animal later found to be a hybrid is an available name ( ICZN 1999: Art. 17).

References

ICZN 1999: International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, 306 pp.

LACHAUME G. 1983: Les Coleopteres du Monde. The Beetles of the World. 3: Goliathini 1. Sciences Nat, Compiegne, 67 pp.

NICKERL O. 1887: Goliathus Atlas n. sp. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung 48: 174 - 176.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Goliathus