Hyperantha saundersi Théry

Pineda, Cristian & Matsumoto, Keita, 2021, Types of the New World Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) deposited in Natural History Museum, London Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Stigmoderini, Zootaxa 4964 (3), pp. 443-470 : 460

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scientific name	Hyperantha saundersi Théry
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Treatment

Hyperantha saundersi Théry in Hoscheck & Théry, 1928:132. [ Figure 50A & 50B]

Holotype: “Type // Saunders. 74·18. // saundersi Thery TYPE // NHMUK011520837 About NHMUK // Hiperantha saundersi Théry in Hoscheck & Théry, 1928 HOLOTYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020” . Holotype here recognized.

Current status: Hiperantha (Hyperanthoides) saundersi Théry in Hoscheck & Théry, 1928 ( Bellamy, 2008).

Comments: Théry in Hoscheck & Théry (1928:132) indicate that the description of this taxon was based on a single specimen of unknown origin from Saunders’ collection in British Museum ( NHMUK). We recognized this specimen as holotype of Hiperantha saundersi Théry, 1928 since it matches the original description and the information on the label matches that cited for the “type” specimen .

References

Bellamy, C. L. (2008) A World Catalogue and Bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Volume 2: Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini. Pensoft Series Faunistica No. 77, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia- Moscow, pp. 626 - 1260.

Hoscheck von Muhlhaimb, A. F. Von. & Thery, A. (1928) Monographie der Gattung Hyperantha Lac. (Buprestidae). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Staatsinstitut und Zoolologischen Museum in Hamburg, 43, 125 - 154.