MCZ Entomology 36105

Platycoelus hermes Will, 2015

Holotype of Platycoelus hermes

Date Collected:

1944-08-01/1944-08-31

Oceania: Papua New Guinea: West Sepik Province | Aitape

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:36105 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Platycoelus hermes Will, 2015
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Adephaga Caraboidea Carabidae Harpalinae Pterostichini
Determiner: Kipling W. Willlinked data icon on 2015-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Previous Identification
Platycoelus depressus Blanchard, 1843
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Adephaga Caraboidea Carabidae Harpalinae Pterostichini
Determiner: Philip J. Darlington, Jr.linked data icon on 1960-12-31
Nature of ID: expert ID

Will 2015, page 295, Holotype of Platycoelus hermes Will, 2015 doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.2.3 linked data icon
Media type: text; Will 2015 Description: Will (2015) Zootaxa 4034(2): 291-308;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Will 2015 Description: Will (2015) Zootaxa 4034(2): 291-308

  • additional number: 2
  • type number: 36105

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pinned) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: Originally assigned barcode MCZ-ENT00011642 in error.

Attribute Value Determination On
sex Male By: Kipling W. Will
age class adult By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

  • None

  • Labels: ""Aitape Brit. N.G. Aug 1944 Darlington"//"det.Darlington at B.M. 1947–48"//"full wing"[handwritten with pencil on green paper]//"Mes ♂2"[handwritten with pencil on green paper]//"Platycoelus depressus Bl., det. Darlington '60"//Platycoelus hermes Will Holotype"// "MCZ Holotype 36105"//MCZ-ENT00036105

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  • Ocean:
  • Oceania
  • Country:
  • Papua New Guinea
  • State/Province:
  • West Sepik Province
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Aitape
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Aitape Brit. N.G.
  • Georeference:
  • -3.1538270°, 142.363999° (Error radius: 4104m) By: Whit Farnum on 2020-12-02 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1944-08-01 / 1944-08-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • Aug 1944
  • Collector:
  • Philip J. Darlington, Jr.linked data icon

  • None

  • None

  • [Masked]

  • None
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