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Issue: Vol. 3827 No. 2: 3 Jul. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-07-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3827.2.8
Page range: 273–281
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 14

The identity of Aphodius nodifrons Randall, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Maine, United States of America, with designation of the lectotype and handwriting examples

Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, United States of America.
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.
dung beetles Holarctics John Witt Randall lectotype designation Randall types

Abstract

John Witt Randall's Coleoptera types have been assumed to be lost. In London and Harvard, we found two syntypes of Aphodius nodifrons Randall, 1838, coming from the collection of Thaddeus William Harris. We designated the lectotype and synonymised Randall's species with A. pedellus (De Geer, 1774).