Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891

Cupello, Mario, 2024, The genus Gromphas Dejean, 1836 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeinae): nomenclature, distribution, and conservation, including a contribution to the debate on electronic publications in zoology, Zoosystema 46 (2), pp. 23-59 : 34-35

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5252/zoosystema2024v46a2
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scientific name	Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891
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Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891 View in CoL

Gromphas lemoinei Waterhouse, 1891: 60 View in CoL [1st July 1891].

NAME-BEARING TYPE. — Holotype by monotypy (unknown sex), NHM.

TYPE LOCALITY. — Venezuela: La Guaira: La Guaira .

ETYMOLOGY. — The masculine singular genitive of the proper noun Lemoine, a French surname meaning ‘the monk’ (‘Le Moine’). Waterhouse (1891) did not explain after whom this eponym was formed, but I suspect it may have been the French entomologist Victor Lemoine (b.?-1897), the only Lemoine who I found associated with entomology in the late 19th century. Alas, apart from the fact that he was based in Paris and was a pioneer in the application of radiography in the study of arthropods ( Lemoine 1897), almost nothing is known about Victor Lemoine ( Anonymous 1897; Constantin 2012; Groll 2016).

DISTRIBUTION. — Open savannas, pastures and river sandbanks in the Colombian and Venezuelan Llanos and associated areas.