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Issue: Vol. 5284 No. 1: 10 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.5
Page range: 142-152
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On plate 24 by Maria Sibylla Merian in Metamorphosis insectorum surinamensium, and some types of Prioninae (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)

Museu de Zoologia; Universidade de São Paulo; São Paulo; SP; Brazil
National Museum of Natural History; Smithsonian Institution; Washington; DC 20560; USA
Coleoptera Archodontes Cerambyx Mallodon Orthomegas Prionus syntypes

Abstract

The status of the two specimens of Prioninae seen on Merian’s plate 24 (1705) is discussed, and considered as being Mallodon spinibarbis (Linnaeus, 1758). Prionus similis Schönherr (1817) is revalidated and placed in incertae sedis in Prioninae. Information on the types of Cerambyx spinibarbis Linnaeus, 1758, C. cinnamomeus Linnaeus, 1758, and C. melanopus Linnaeus, 1767 are provided.

 

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