Types of Meloidae (Coleoptera: Tenebronoidea) housed at the Museo de La Plata entomological collection (Argentina)

This contribution provides information on the type material of 36 species (eight genera) of Meloidae housed at the Museo de La Plata collection, collected in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The types herein treated mainly correspond to species described by the Coleopterist Pe...

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Autores principales: Campos Soldini, María Paula, Suárez, Sonia Mirta, Lanteri, Analía Alicia
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2009
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/101725
https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/11336/80173
https://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/29991
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Sumario:This contribution provides information on the type material of 36 species (eight genera) of Meloidae housed at the Museo de La Plata collection, collected in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The types herein treated mainly correspond to species described by the Coleopterist Pedro Denier (20 spp), from 1930 to 1940, but also by the specialists Fritz Borchmann (6 spp), Federico G. C. Berg (7 spp) and Antonio Martínez (3 spp). We have examined almost 200 specimens regarded as types, but after the comparison of their label information with the original descriptions of the species, only 70 can be considered as true types (they are holotypes, allotypes, paratypes and syntypes). For each species we give the following information: valid name; bibliographic references; category of types; sex of the specimens, when it is indicated; data on the labels (exact transcription); code number according to the Museo de La Plata rules; and additional information on the type specimens.