Abstract

FERNANDEZ, Liliana A.  and  CABRERA, Nora. The types of Dryopidae, Elmidae, Limnichidae and Psephenidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) housed at the Museo de La Plata. Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. [online]. 2004, vol.63, n.1-2, pp.33-37. ISSN 0373-5680.

The types of species of Byrrhoidea (Coleoptera) housed in the collection of the División Entomología of Museo de La Plata were examined and listed. They belong to 35 species distributed in the families Dryopidae (1 species, 1 type), Elmidae (4, 9), Limnichidae (29, 47) and Psephenidae (1, 2). The types were described by Pic, Spangler, Spangler & Brown, Spangler & Perkins, Spangler & Santiago, Spilman, and Wooldridge. For each taxon, complete information about categories of types, reference original descriptions, collection data and specimen condition are given.

Keywords : Catalogue; Type material; Dryopidae; Elmidae; Limnichidae; Psephenidae; La Plata Museum.

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