Conognatha ( Pithiscus ) chalybeiventris ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1858 )

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 : 453

Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934:174 . [ Figure 26A & 26B ]

Holotype: “SYN-TYPE // Typus // Chile: Concepcion. 26-28.xii.1926. F. & M.Edwards. B.M.1927-63. // NHMUK014380356 // Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934 HOLOTYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020” . Holotype here recognized.

Paratype: “SYN-TYPE // 10 // Chile: Concepcion. 26-28.xii.1926. F. & M.Edwards. B.M.1927-63. // near errata Frm // Conognatha nanulam. Det. Hoscheck. 1933. // NHMUK014380354 // Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934 PARATYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020” . Paratype here recognized.

Paratype: “SYN-TYPE // Chile:Concepcion. 26-28.xii.1926. F.& M.Edwards. B.M.1927-63.// NHMUK014380355 // Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934 PARATYPE det. Pineda & Matsumoto, 2020” . Paratype here recognized.

Current status: Synonym of Conognatha ( Pithiscus) chalybeiventris ( Fairmaire & Germain, 1858) ( Moore & Lander, 2010; Moore & Vidal, 2015).

Comments: The specimen selected as holotype was illustrated as the “type” (singular) in its original description and it is the only syntype labelled as “typus”.

Figures

FIGURES 25–28. 25) Conognatha minor Saunders, 1869; 26) Conognatha nanula Hoscheck, 1934; 27) Pithiscus nigrocoeruleus Kerremans, 1903; 28) Conognatha nigro-purpurea Waterhouse, 1912. A = Dorsal habitus, B = Labels, Scale bars = 5.0 mm.