MCZ Entomology 32947

Plateumaris rufa (Say, 1827)

Neotype of Donacia rufa

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Pennsylvania | Schuylkill River

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Ent:32947 JSON-LD

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Current Identification
Plateumaris rufa (Say, 1827)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Donaciinae
Determiner: Ingolf S. Askevold in 1991
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identifications
Donacia kirbyii
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: expert ID
Donacia rufa Say 1827
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae
Determiner: John Lawrence LeConte
Nature of ID: expert ID
Donacia rufa Say 1827
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae
Determiner: Ingolf S. Askevold in 1991
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: neotype designation

Askevold 1991, page 41, Neotype of Donacia rufa Say 1827 "NEOTYPE ♂, MCZ Type #32947: "[orange disc] / D. Kirbyii LeC.affinis//Kirby / D. rufa Say / NEOTYPE ♂ Donacia rufa Say 1827 designated I.S. Aske-vold 1984 [red]." Information about the type: the specimen selected for neotype is fromthe LeConte collection under the labels "D. Kirbyii LeC. affinisi Kirby" and "D. rufa Say", the first of 11 specimens. TYPE LOCALITY. "Schuylkill River", as stated by Say (vicinity of Philadelphia, PA)"
Media type: text; Askevold 1991 Description: Classification, reconstructed phylogeny, and geographic history of the New World members of Plateumaris Thomson, 1859 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donacinae).;

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  • type number: 32947

Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (mounted) good, tentative in collection 1 History

Attribute Value Determination On
collection J. L. LeConte Collection By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe

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  • Labels: [orange disc]; D. kirbyi Lec. affinis Kirby; MCZ Neotype 32947; Neotype Donacia rufa Say 1827 designated I.S. Askevold 1984

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Pennsylvania
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007710 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Schuylkill River
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • (orange disc =Southern States; Gulf States; Va., N.C., S.C., eastern Tenn.?, Ga., Ala., Miss., Fla., Ark?, La);
  • Georeference:
  • 40.4129650°, -75.730744° (Error radius: 69724m) By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe on 2020-06-01 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2013-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • Locality inferred from publication data. -RLHawkins, 2020-06-01
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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Media type: text; Entomology 32939; 32947; 32949; 32951; 32957; 32958; 32961; 32962; 32963; 32964; 32965; 32966; 32967; 32968; 32970; 32971; 32972; 32973; 32974; 32975; 32976; 32977; 32978; 32979; 32980; 32981; 32982; 32983; 32984; 32985; 32986; 32987; 32988; 32940; 32941; 32942; 32943; 32944; 32945; 32946; 32952; 32953; 32954; 32955; 32956; 32959; 32960; 32937; 32938; 32948; 32950; 32969 Description: MCZ Entomology Types 031954-035586, pg.21;

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