Nicandra pofadderensis Koch, 1958

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 572

25. Nicandra pofadderensis Koch, 1958 ( Fig. 15E ) Nicandra pofadderensis Koch 1958: 168 .

Type Data. Syntypes, 34 specimens (Ditsong Museum):“Bushmanland:Pofadder. IX.1951. C.Koch & G. van Son” ; six specimens (Ditsong Museum): “Pella, VIII.1950. C. Koch & G. van Son” .

Distribution. SOUTH AFRICA: Pella, Pofadder ( Koch 1958).

Note. Although the studied type specimen is labeled as a lectotype ( Fig. 15E ), this designation was never formalized in publication. Therefore, the specimen presented on Fig. 15E should still be considered a syntype.

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Fig. 15. Type specimens of species representing the genus Nicandra subgenus Nicandra. A) N. desertica, B) N. emyonopus, C) N. minoroides, D) N. namaquensis, E) N. pofadderensis, F) N. scabrosus.