Cymatodera valida Gorham, 1883: 137

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 333

Cymatodera valida Gorham, 1883: 137

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Types. Gorham indicated that there was more than one specimen he considered female and at least one male. Seven specimens have been accounted.

Series locality. Dueñas and San Gerónimo, Guatemala.

Type locality. San Gerónimo, Guatemala.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): [male], Type [round, red-bordered label], San Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Type, Cymatodera valida Gorham, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Cymatodera valida Gorham ( BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: Duenas, Guatemala, G. C. Champion, B. C. A. Col. III (2) Cymatodera valida Gorham , Cymatodera valida Gorham ( BMNH; 1); Duenas, Guatemala, G. C. Champion, Museum Paris Coll. Gorham 1914 ( MNHN; 4, two of which share a card mount and a “ Cymatodera valida Gorh. ” label); San Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion, Museum Paris Coll. Gorham 1914 ( MNHN; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 66 – 71. Fig. 66) Cymatodera grandis (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 67) C. nitida (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 68) C. parallela (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH); Fig. 69) C. grossa (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 70) C. valida (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 71) C. saturata (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH).