Loxandrus limatus Casey, 1918:382

Bousquet, Yves, 2006, New Synonymies and Notes on North American Loxandrus LeConte (Coleoptera: Carabidae), The Coleopterists Bulletin 60 (2), pp. 145-157 : 149

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https://doi.org/ 10.1649/865.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5414198

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scientific name

Loxandrus limatus Casey, 1918:382
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12. Loxandrus limatus Casey, 1918:382 View in CoL

This taxon was described from an unspecified number of specimens collected in the « District of Columbia ». Casey’s collection in USNM contains a single specimen, a female herein designated as the lectotype, labelled «Washgtn 15.10 D.C./Casey bequest 1925/Type USNM 47335 About USNM / limatus Csy. [handwritten]/ UAIC 00044057 View Materials / lectotype Loxandrus limatus by [handwritten] R. T. Allen» .

The lectotype (SBL ¼ 8.9; ABL ¼ about 10.0 mm) is conspecific with specimens of L. rectus (Say, 1823) [NEW SYNONYMY]. As pointed out by Allen (1972:72) ‘‘the large size and broadly rounded and explinate posterior angles of the pronotum serve to distinguish this species [ L. rectus ] and L. pravitubus from all other Loxandrus species. ’’

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

R

Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Loxandrus

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