Species Tarsostenodes leucogramma Elston, 1922

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• Tarsostenodes leucogramma Elston, A.H. 1922. Australian Coleoptera. — Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 46: 309-318 [316].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM K209301 1 (This specimen is a syntype despite Elston’s labelling of the card ‘TY’ in red ink; Opitz (2016) erroneously listed this specimen as a paratype and gave NBCN in the Netherlands as the repository; the present location this specimen has not yet been investigated, though it was borrowed by Opitz from the Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia; as Opitz did not follow Elston’s intention and refer to this specimen as the holotype, it is possible that labels have been removed, and incorrectly re-attached to specimens.), NSW; AM 1 (This specimen was erroneously referred to by Opitz (2016) as the holotype; labels of this, and the other AM syntype, may have been mistakenly swapped.), NSW, Illawarra; SAMA 1 (This specimen was erroneously referred to by Opitz (2016) as a paratype; Opitz (2016) included in the label data of this specimen K 209302, an Australian Museum registration number, which suggests that labels had been removed and re-attached to specimens incorrectly.), NSW, Illawarra; QM 2 (These two specimens were erroneously referred to by Opitz (2016) as paratypes.), QLD, National Park
  Comment: Elston mentioned that the type was in his collection, which he sold to the Australian Museum in 1936 but, despite one of the two AM specimens bearing a handwritten ‘TY’ label, Elston did not specify which of the two was the type in his original description. Therefore, in accordance with ICZN (1999) Article 73.2, all type material of T. leucogramma are syntypes. The above notation on individual type specimens is based on documentation of the type series of this species (J.S. Bartlett, unpublished data) prior to Opitz’ borrowing of the material for his revision.

  Secondary source:

   Opitz, W. 2016. Classification, natural history, and evolution of Tarsosteninae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Cleridae). Part IV. Taxonomy of the Tarsostenodes complex of Australia, New Caledonia, New Guinea, and Tasmania. Linzer Biologische Beiträge 48(1): 587–636 [Date published 30 Jul. 2016] [608].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

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