Paralectotype of Cryptocephalus atomarius

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2013-12-31

North America: United States: Pennsylvania | [no specific locality data]

Current Identification
Pachybrachis atomarius (F. E. Melsheimer, 1847)
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae Cryptocephalini
Determiner: Robert J. Barney on 2018-03-23
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Cryptocephalus atomarius Melsheimer, 1847
Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Coleoptera Polyphaga Cucujiformia Chrysomeloidea Chrysomelidae Cryptocephalinae
Determiner: Frederick Ernst Melsheimer on 1847-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID

Melsheimer 1847, page 170, [type status needs research] of Cryptocephalus atomarius Melsheimer, 1847 mentioned by Barney (2018) as a possible syntype; [verbatim type status = Syntype?]
Barney 2018, Paralectotype of Cryptocephalus atomarius Melsheimer, 1847 doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-72.1.9 linked data icon
noted as a possible syntype of C. atomarius
Media type: text; Melsheimer 1847 Description: Melsheimer (1847) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 3:158-181;

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Shows Publication: Melsheimer 1847 Description: Melsheimer (1847) Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 3:158-181

Media type: text; Barney 2018 Description: Barney (2018) Coleop. Bull. 72(1): 9-74;

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Shows Publication: Barney 2018 Description: Barney (2018) Coleop. Bull. 72(1): 9-74

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Part Condition Disposition Count
whole animal (pointed) good in collection 1 History

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  • Labels: "[blue round disc] // Ziegler. [printed, white paper] // atoma / rius M. / Pa. [hand-inked, white paper with lined border]"

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Pennsylvania
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7007710 linked data icon
  • Specific Locality:
  • [no specific locality data]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [blue round disc]; Pa.
  • Georeference:
  • 40.8480710°, -77.845673° (Error radius: 297347m) By: Jeremy Kisala on 2019-10-09 (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]
  • Collector:
  • [no agent data]

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  • [Masked]

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