Eschatoporis nunenmacheri Blaisdell, 1906

Aalbu, Rolf L., Kanda, Kojun & Smith, Aaron D., 2017, Reinstatement of Eschatoporiini Blaisdell, 1906, a unique tribe of blind cavernicolous Tenebrionidae from California, with a new species from Napa County (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae), ZooKeys 688, pp. 135-149 : 143-145

Eschatoporis nunenmacheri Blaisdell, 1906 Fig. 5

Material examined.

CALIF., Marin Co. Mill Valley, I-18-1948 (CDFA, 1); same except V-3-1947, E. S. Ross, In rock crack 4' below surface, Eschatoporis nunenmacheri det. Aalbu, 2004 (( NSDA, 1); CALIF., Marin Co. Fairfax, IV-6-1919, Van Dyke Colln. (CASC, 1); same except V-25-1919, (CASC, 1); CALIF., Marin Co. Samuel P. Taylor St. Pk. II-3-1958 J. Helfer (CASC, 1); same except XII-13-1954, Eschatoporis nunenmacheri det. Boddy, 1955, (1); same except South Entrance, XI-3-1953 G. A. Marsh, R. O. Schuster cols., Eschatoporis nunenmacheri det. Boddy, 1955, (2).

It is unclear from Blaisdell’s description ( 1906) where the Holotype (California, Marin Co., Fairfax, June, collected by Nunenmacher while digging on a ledge near a spring) was deposited. Checks of the CASC, Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University and Smithsonian did not locate the type. However, from Blaisdell’s description and drawing, it is clear that the holotype is the same as the other specimens of Eschatoporis nunenmacheri .