Prothalpia holmbergi (Mannerheim, 1852)

Pollock, Darren A., 2015, Lectotype designations in Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Boridae and Mycteridae, based on material in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea), Insecta Mundi 2015 (427), pp. 1-15 : 5

Prothalpia holmbergi (Mannerheim, 1852)

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Hypulus fulminans LeConte 1859: 284 (type locality: “ Oregon ”). Junior subjective synonymy

Hypulus fulminans lectotype (sex unknown), labeled: “[dark blue disc = Oregon, Washington] / Type 4771 / [handwritten] H? fulminans Lec. ? Dirc. Holmbergii Mann. / LECTOTYPE Hypulus fulminans LeC. design. Pollock 2000”. [lectotype by present designation]. LeConte (1859: 284) stated that “This species so resembles in its characters Dircaea Holmbergii …that I cannot help suspecting that they are identical”.

Figures

Figure 26–36. Dorsal and lateral habitus of newly designated lectotypes. 26. Melandrya striata var. bicolor Melsheimer, lectotype, lateral habitus. Scale line = 2.0 mm. 27–28. Melandrya striata var. thoracica Melsheimer, lectotype. 27) Dorsal habitus. 28) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 5.0 mm. 29–30. Hypulus fulminans LeConte, lectotype. 29) Dorsal habitus. 30) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 31–32. Microscapha arctica Horn, lectotype. 31) Dorsal habitus. 32) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 0.5 mm. 33–34. Microscapha clavicornis LeConte, lectotype. 33) Dorsal habitus. 34) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 1.0 mm. 35–36. Orchesia castanea Melsheimer, lectotype. 35) Dorsal habitus. 36) Lateral habitus. Scale lines = 2.0 mm.