Nicandra distincta Koch, 1958

Kamiński, Marcin Jan, Lumen, Ryan, Müller, Ruth, Kanda, Kojun, Robiche, Gérard & Smith, Aaron Dennis, 2021, Illustrated Catalog of the Subtribe Helopinina Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae: Pedinini), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3), pp. 537-578 : 573

30. Nicandra distincta Koch, 1958 ( Fig. 16B ) Nicandra distincta Koch 1958: 182 .

Type Data. Syntypes, five specimens (Ditsong Museum): “Bushmanland: Kakamas, XII.1949, C. Koch” .

Distribution. SOUTH AFRICA: Kakamas, Kenhardt ( Koch 1958).

Note. Although the studied type specimen is labeled as a lectotype ( Fig. 16B ), this designation was never formalized in publication. Therefore, the specimen presented on Fig. 16B should still be considered a syntype.

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Fig. 16. Type specimens of species representing the genus Nicandra. A) Subgenus Nicandra: A) N. sinuatipes. B–C) Subgenus Oncotopsis: B) N. distincta, C) N. spinimanus.