Discopeltis machulkai Knirsch, 1944

Bezděk, Aleš, Hájek, Jiří & Ascr, Biology Centre, 2010, Catalogue of type specimens of beetles (Coleoptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50 (2), pp. 629-655 : 634

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5326685
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7851792
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C287B6-FFE3-FFD2-FE11-A9B5FF6AF9A8
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Discopeltis machulkai Knirsch, 1944
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Discopeltis machulkai Knirsch, 1944 View in CoL

Discopeltis Machulkai Knirsch, 1944: 405 View in CoL .

The holotype and three paratypes are deposited in NMPC (general collection):

HOLOTYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘ Laikipia, Kenya / Uaso Nyiro, afr.o. / Machulka lgt. [p] // TYPUS [p, red label] // Discopeltis / Machulkai / m. [hw] // coll. Machulka / P5/719/49 [p] // Nat. Mus. Pragae / Inv. [p], 65453 [hw] // Discopeltis / machulkai / Knirsch [hw], HOLOTYPE [p, red margin]’.

PARATYPE (unsexed specimen): ‘ Laikipia, Kenya / Uaso Nyiro, afr.o. / Machulka lgt. [p] // Cotype [p, red label, black margin] // coll. Machulka / P5/719/49 [p] // Nat. Mus. Pragae / Inv. [p], 65454 [hw] // Discopeltis / machulkai / Knirsch [hw], PARATYPE [p, red margin]’.

PARATYPES (2 unsexed specimens): ‘ Laikipia, Kenya / Uaso Nyiro, afr.o. / Machulka lgt. [p]’.

Current status. Junior subjective synonym of Discopeltis variabilis Moser, 1904 , see HOLM

(1992b).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Scarabaeidae
Genus	Discopeltis