Trichillum elongatum Balthasar, 1939

Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. & Génier, François, 2005, Lectotype designations, new synonymies, and new species in the genera Trichillum Harold and Pedaridium Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Zootaxa 1038, pp. 41-52 : 46-47

Trichillum elongatum Balthasar

Pedaridium argentinum Arrow, 1913: 459 (valid name)

Pedaridium rugiceps Arrow, 1913: 458 synonymy by Ferreira & Galileo (1993: 24–25) (see comments in Génier & Vaz­de­Mello 2002)

Trichillum elongatum Balthasar, 1939: 24 synonymy by Martínez (1987: 60), here confirmed.

Trichillum elongatum Balthasar :

LECTOTYPE here designated: ɗ, on a rectangular card, in NMP. Labels: [1.] ARGENTINA, Cordoba, Stempelmann / [2. red label] TYPUS / [3.] Tr. elongatum m. Dr. V. Balthasar det. / [4. red label] LECTOTYPE / [5.] Trichillum elongatum Balth. LECTOTYPE, Vaz­de­Mello det. 200 0 / [6.] Pedaridium argentinum Arrow , Vaz­de­Mello det. 200 0. The lectotype is designated in order to fix the name to a single specimen in case more than one species is represented in the type series (the author does not state the total number of specimens in the type series).

PARALECTOTYPES: 2 ΨΨ, pinned, in NMP. Labels: [1.] ARGENTINA, Cordoba, Stempelmann / [2. red label] TYPUS / [3. green label, only with one specimen] elongatum m. / [4. yellow label] PARALECTOTYPE / [5.] Trichillum elongatum Balth. PARALECTOTYPE, Vaz­de­Mello det. 200 0 / [6.] Pedaridium argentinum Arrow, Va z­ d e­ Mello det. 200 0

Diagnosis and remarks: See Génier & Vaz­de­Mello (2002).

New species