Hister hottentota Erichson, 1834

Mazur, Sławomir, 2011, Notes on some Hister-species with description of a new subgenus (Bellatrix subgen. n.) of Pachylister Lewis, 1904 (Coleoptera, Histeridae), Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 11 (1), pp. 41-44 : 44

Hister hottentota Erichson, 1834 (= H. tropicus

Paykull, 1811)

Described on a base of 4 specimens and synonymized later by Bickhardt (1919: 115-116) with H. tropicus , so a designation of the lecto- and paralectotypes is needed.

Lectotype: a male, 1) [blue, handwritten] hottentota Er., Pr. b. sp. Kr., 2) [white, printed] 48813, 3) [red, printed] Type, 4) [white, handwritten] Hister hottentota Er. Typ , 5) [blue, printed] Hist.-Coll. ( Coleoptera ), Nr. 48813, Hister hottentota Er *., Promont. b. sp. Krebs, Zool. Mus. Berlin, 6) [red, printed] Syntypus, Hister hottentota Erichson, 1834 , labeled by MNHUB 2007, 7) [white, printed] Lectotypus, 8) [white, printed] Hister tropicus Paykull, 1811 , Det. S. Mazur [MNHUB].

Paralectotypes: I) a male, 1) [white, handwritten] 48813, 2) [white, handwritten] hottentota Er. Typ , 3) [red, printed] Type, 4) [blue, printed] Hist.- Coll. ( Coleoptera ), Nr. 48813, Hister hottentota Er *. Promont. b. sp., Krebs, Zool. Mus. Berlin, 5) [red, printed] Syntypus, Hister hottentota Erichson, 1834 , labeled by MNHUB 2007, 6) [white, printed] Paralectotypus, 7) [white, printed] Hister tropicus Paykull, 1811 , Det. S. Mazur; II and III, sex undetermined, as labeled as the paralectotype I [MNHUB].

The male genital structure of Hister tropicus was earlier presented by the author ( Mazur, 2008: 43, Figs. 1-5; Mazur, 2009: 256, Figs. 81-84).