Discovery of the primary aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) and scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) type specimens from the collection of Theodor Hartig (1805–1880)

Bryan M.T. Brunet; Michael J. Raupach; Heinz-Otto Rehage; Nathan P. P. Havill; Robert G. Foottit

doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5369.1.4

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Discovery of the primary aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) and scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) type specimens from the collection of Theodor Hartig (1805–1880)

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Authors:

Bryan M.T. Brunet, Michael J. Raupach, Heinz-Otto Rehage, Nathan P. P. Havill, Robert G. Foottit

Year:

2023

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Northern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5369.1.4

Source:

Zootaxa

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Abstract

Theodor Hartig's aphid and scale insect type specimens have been presumed lost or destroyed for the last 140 years. Here we document their discovery at the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology (Zoologische Staatssammlung München, ZSM), in Munich, Germany. These specimens include primary types for 24 aphid, three adelgid, and two armored scale insect species named by Hartig between 1834 and 1851, as well as other specimens of unknown importance.

Keywords

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Sternorrhyncha, Aphididae, Adelgidae, Diaspididae, holotype, syntype

Citation

Brunet, Bryan M.T.; Raupach, Michael J.; Rehage, Heinz-Otto; Havill, Nathan P.; Foottit, Robert G. 2023. Discovery of the primary aphid (Hemiptera: Aphidomorpha) and scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) type specimens from the collection of Theodor Hartig (1805–1880). Zootaxa. 5369(1): 89-116. https://doi.org/10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5369.1.4.