Phyllobaenus obscurus (Gorham, 1883: 172)

Leavengood, John M. & Garner, Beulah H., 2014, Nomenclatural notes on some checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae) types of the Natural History Museum, London (BMNH), Zootaxa 3760 (3), pp. 301-335 : 312

Phyllobaenus obscurus (Gorham, 1883: 172)

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Original combination. Hydnocera obscura

Types. Gorham referred to ten specimens, seven being from the type locality. The BMNH and MNHN house eight. The two remaining syntypes are from Rio Maria Linda and San Gerónimo.

Series locality. Paso Antonio, Rio Maria Linda and San Gerónimo, Guatemala, and David, Chiriqui, Panama.

Type locality. San Gerónimo, Guatemala.

LECTOTYPE (here designated): Type [round label]; S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion; Type; B. C. A. Col. III. (2). Hydnocera obscura Gorham , Hydnocera obscura Gorham ( BMNH; 1). PARALECTOTYPES: S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion; B. C. A. Col. III. (2). Hydnocera obscura Gorham ( BMNH; 2); S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion; Hydnocera obscura Gorham ; Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label]; Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 2, sharing a cardmount); S. Geronimo, Guatemala, Champion; Museum Paris Coll Gorham 1914 [blue label]; Museum Paris ex. Coll. R. Oberthur [blue label] ( MNHN; 1); Paso Antonio, 400 ft, Champion; B. C. A. Col. III. (2). Hydnocera obscura Gorham ( BMNH; 1); David, Chiriqui, Champion; B. C. A. Col. III. (2). Hydnocera obscura Gorham ( BMNH; 1).

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 26. Fig. 21) Phyllobaenus obscurus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 22) P. r ud i s (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 23) P. rufipes (Newman), Holotype (BMNH); Fig. 24) P. testaceus (Gorham), Lectotype (BMNH); Fig. 25) P. testaceus (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH); Fig. 26) P. testaceus (Gorham), Paralectotype (BMNH).