Xylographus brasiliensis
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Ciidae
Genus: Xylographus
Name
Xylographus brasiliensis Pic, 1916 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Xylographus brasiliensis Pic 1916: 13. Type-locality: Rio Verde, Brazil.
- Xylographus lucasi Lopes-Andrade and Zacaro 2003[1]: 1. syn. n. Type-locality: Venda Nova do Imigrante, Espírito Santo, Brazil.
Type series
BRASIL: female lectotype (MNHN), here designated, labeled: “Bresil. Goyaz. Rio Verde [printed] \ Xylographus [handwritten] \ Type [handwritten] \ Brasiliensis Pic [handwritten] \ [red label] LECTOTYPE Xylographus brasiliensis Pic [handwritten]”.
Type material of the junior synonym
See Lopes-Andrade and Zacaro (2003)[1].
Remarks
In the description of Xylographus lucasi, the authors did not have access to type specimens of Xylographus brasiliensis and stated that its description was vague (Lopes-Andrade and Lawrence 2003). After we examined the available type of Xylographus brasiliensis, a female located in the MNHN, we observed there is no difference between it and female paratypes of Xylographus lucasi. We have located in the MNHN a male specimen collected in “Goyaz” (which may correspond to the current state of Goiás or to Tocantins), a historical specimen but not from the original type series of Xylographus brasiliensis. We dissected it and compared the sclerites of abdominal terminalia to those of male paratypes of Xylographus lucasi, and they are exactly the same. The species is widespread in the tropical South America and the type localities of both names are within its known range (pers. obs.).
Taxon Treatment
- Sandoval-Gómez, V; Lopes-Andrade, C; Lawrence, J; 2014: Lectotype designations and nomenclatural changes in Xylographus Mellié (Coleoptera, Ciidae) ZooKeys, 374: 23-43. doi
