E. Nearns et al.: Cerambycidae types of the Fernando de Zayas collection, Havana, Cuba

 
 
Zootaxa 1270: 1-17 (2006) ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition) 
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Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) types of the Fernando de Zayas collection, Havana, Cuba 
 
EUGENIO H. NEARNS, MARC A. BRANHAM & SETH M. BYBEE 
 
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611 USA. 
E-mail: gnearns@ufl.edu 
 
Abstract 
 
Habitus photographs of the cerambycid types (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) of the Fernando de 
Zayas Collection, Havana, Cuba, are presented. Color photographs are available on the Internet. 
Lectotypes are herein designated for two taxa, Plectromerus pinicola Zayas and Phidola superba 
Zayas (= Eupogonius superbus (Zayas)). 
 
 
Key words: Greater Antilles, Caribbean, holotype, lectotype, neotype 
 
Introduction 
 
The late Fernando de Zayas (1912-1983) was an avid collector of insects and a member of 
the Cuban Academy of Science. Zayas published several works on cerambycids (1956, 
1957, 1975) and his 1975 revision continues to be the most important work on the Cuban 
cerambycid fauna. His collection, located at the Zayas house in Havana, is housed in 500 
Paris Museum-style, glass-topped boxes and is considered one of CubaТs great natural 
history treasures. The authors recently provided checklists of the lampyrid and cerambycid 
holdings (Branham, 2006; Nearns, 2006). The cerambycid holdings are the most complete 
representation of the Cuban fauna known and include 46 holotypes, two syntype series and 
a neotype (Nearns, 2006).