Chaetophloeus maclayi

Genus / Species: Chaetophloeus maclayi | Image Author: TH Atkinson | Location: United States, California, Westwood Hills | Collection: University of Arizona Insect Collection

The location of the holotype is not clear from Wood (1982) or Bruck (1936). Likewise, the exact label data (date) is not specified in either publication. While Wood implies that the holotype is in the Ohio State University collection, it is not listed in their online catalog of primary types (accessed 2012).

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Chaetophloeus coronatus

Genus / Species: Chaetophloeus coronatus | Image Author: TH Atkinson | Location: México, Yucatàn, Yucatàn (estado) | Image Type: holotype | Collection: Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles

seen 2010 3 labels: (1) purple ‘Coll R.I.Sc. N.B. Mexique’. glued on circle ‘Yucatan Deyr.’ glued on label ‘Coll. F.Chapuis’; (2) white, ‘det. F. Chapuis 1869, Phloeosinus coronatus Chap.’; (3) faded red ‘Holotype’

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