Discovery and lectotype designation of Longitarsus californicus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae, Alticini)

By

Konstantinov, Alexander S, 1955-
Savitsky, Vladimir
Zabaluev, Ilya

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1209

Pages

231--244

Subjects

America north of Mexico , Il’ya Gavrilovich Voznesensky , Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz , key for identification , leaf beetles

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1209.124692

 

Abstract

The lectotype of Longitarsus californicus (Motschulsky, 1845) is designated, described, and illustrated. An illustrated key to eight light-colored Longitarsus species known to occur in the western United States is presented. A brief history of Russian entomological collecting in North America during the first half of 19th century, with specimens preserved in Zoological Museum of Moscow University, Moscow and Zoological Institute, St. Petersburg, is provided.