Metasambus weyersi ( Kerremans, 1900 )

Cheong, Loong-Fah, 2016, Two new species of the genus Brachycoraebus Kerremans and Metasambus Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Coraebini) from Southeast Asia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64, pp. 284-289 : 286-287

Metasambus weyersi ( Kerremans, 1900)

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Coraebus weyersi Kerremans, 1900: 12

Metasambus weyersi Kerremans, 1903: 237 Type material examined. The lectotype male of M. weyersi (Kerremans) , here designated to preserve stability of nomenclature, is labeled “Sumatra, Weyers / Weyersi Kerr. Type / SYNTYPE (round label, blue) /Kerremans. 1903- 59/ C. Weyersi Kerrem. Sumatra / Metasambus Kerremans ”. It is directly pinned and in good condition and is deposited in NMH. Another six paralectotypes from NMH (sex not examined) are labeled “Sumatra, Weyers / Weyersi Kerr. Type / SYNTYPE (round label, blue) /Kerremans. 1903-59”, and two paralectotypes from RBH (sex not examined) are labeled “Sumatra/ Metasambus weyersi Kerr. co-type/ Metasambus weyersi Kerr. det. R. Hołyński 1985/coll. RBHołyński BPkpt” and “Sumatra Hindrapoera/Ex B.M.[N.H.] Duplicate/ Metasambus weyersi Kerr. det. R. Hołyński 1985/coll. RBHołyński BPkpu” respectively.

Remarks. ( Kerremans, 1900) stated that there are 15 specimens in the syntype series but only nine are available for this study. See further comments under “Remarks” of Metasambus circularis , sp. nov.

Supplementary description. Aedeagus ( Fig. 5 ) is longer and more sub-parallel in comparison to Metasambus circularis , sp. nov.. See further comparative remarks under “Diagnosis” of Metasambus circularis , sp. nov..

Figures

Fig. 4. Dorsal habitus of Metasambus weyersi (Kerremans, 1900), lectotype, male, Sumatra, NHM (photo by:Harry Taylor: Natural History Museum).

Fig. 5. Aedeagus of Metasambus weyersi (Kerremans, 1900).