First record of the genus Colopterus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Estonia and the designation of a neotype of C. truncatus

A.G. Kirejtshuk, U. Roosileht & A.V. Kovalev

Abstract. A sap beetle of the genus Colopterus, collected in the Estonian village of Vinni near the border between Estonia and the Leningrad Province, was identified as Colopterus sp. For fixation of the taxonomic interpretation established in the PhD thesis by L.E. Watrous without complying with the requirements of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, and in order to avoid probable further mistakes, a neotype for C. truncatus (Randall, 1838) is designated.

Key words: diagnostics of species, genital characters, distribution, new record, neotype designation, sap beetles, Coleoptera, Nitidulidae, Colopterus

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2021, 30(2): 169–174 ▪ Published online 14 August 2021

https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.169 ▪ Open full article

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