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

CAMPOS SOLDINI, M. P.; SUAREZ, SONIA M.; LANTERI, ANALÍA A.

REVISTA DE LA SOCIEDAD ENTOMOLóGICA ARGENTINA

Sociedad Entomológica Argentina

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2009 vol. 68 p. 1 - 9

0373-5680

This contribution provides information on the type material of 36 species (eight genera) of Meloidae housed at the Museo de La Plata collection. The material was collected in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. The types herein stated 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 D. Berg (7 spp) and Antonio Martinez (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: original 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 specimnens.