Updated List of Coleoptera Holotypes in Museo De Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno,” Santa Cruz De La Sierra, Bolivia
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INSECTA MUNDI A Journal of World Insect Systematics 0497 Updated list of Coleoptera holotypes in Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno,” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Lista de holotipos coleópteros actualizada en el Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno,” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia James E. Wappes American Coleoptera Museum 8734 Paisano Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255 Julieta Ledezma Arias Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Date of Issue: September 16, 2016 CENTER FOR SYSTEMATIC ENTOMOLOGY, INC., Gainesville, FL James E. 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Thomas 0497: 1-27 2016 Updated list of Coleoptera holotypes in Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno,” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia Lista de holotipos coleópteros actualizada en el Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado, Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno,” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia James E. Wappes American Coleoptera Museum 8734 Paisano Pass, San Antonio, TX 78255 [email protected] Julieta Ledezma Arias Museo de Historia Natural Noel Kempff Mercado Universidad Autónoma “Gabriel Rene Moreno” Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia [email protected] Abstract. The previously published list of Coleoptera holotypes in the Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado (MNKM), Santa Cruz, Bolivia is updated to include those deposited in the Museo since then though the end of 2015. Literature citations for the original descriptions of each listed holotype are also provided along with summary comments regarding family composition and authorship of included species. Photographs of collector, authors, habi- tats, and major Bolivian type repositories are provided. Key Words: Anthribidae, Aphodiidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Laemophloeidae, Nitidulidae, Noteridae, Ptiliidae, Scarabaeidae. Resumen. La lista publicada previamente de holotipos coleópteros en el Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado (MNKM), en Santa Cruz, Bolivia se ha actualizado para incluir especímenes depositados en el museo desde entonces hasta el fin del 2015. Las citas bibliográficas de las descripciones originales de cada holotipo enumerado también se proporcionan junto con un resumen de comentarios con respecto a la composición familiar y la autoría de las especies incluidas. Las fotografías de los colectores, los autores, los hábitats y los principales repositorios de tipos boliviana se proporcionan. Palabras Clave: Anthribidae, Aphodiidae, Carabidae, Cerambycidae, Cleridae, Dytiscidae, Elateridae, Laemophloeidae, Nitidulidae, Noteridae, Ptiliidae, Scarabaeidae. Introduction The first published list of Coleoptera holotypes, in the Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado (Fig. 1a–b), Santa Cruz, Bolivia (Wappes et al. 2009), noted that holotypes were housed in a locked vault (Fig. 1d), separate from the general collection, and in a secure, climate controlled room. This remains the same. Wappes et al. (2009) also listed 144 holotypes representing seven Coleoptera families. Since then, primarily as the result of cooperative international researchers as detailed below, the number of new Coleoptera species found in Bolivia, and subsequently described, has increased dra- matically. The new list presented here has 342 Coleoptera holotypes (198 more than just six years ago) a 141 percent increase. The number of Coleoptera families represented has also increased to twelve (families are listed in “Key Words”), with the largest number of holotypes in the Cerambycidae (292 new species), which represents 83 percent of the types (no other family represents as much as 5 percent). The listed holotype species have been described by 27 different primary authors in more than 130 publications. Three of these authors account for 74 percent of the species described: U. R. Martins (101), now deceased, M. H. M. Galileo (90), and R. O. S. Clarke (60), with all of their combined 251 new species 1 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0497, September 2016 WAPPES AND LEDEZMA ARIAS being Cerambycidae. Other significant contributors to the MNKM holotype collection include: M. Darby (16 Ptiliidae), K. B. Miller (12 Dytiscidae and 1 Noteridae), M. A. Monné (10 Cerambycidae), S. A. Casari (7 Elateridae), W. Opitz (5 Cleridae), A. Santos-Silva (5 Cerambycidae), D. S. Napp (4 Cerambycidae), M. C. Thomas (5 Laemophloeidae ), S. W. Lingafelter (3 Cerambycidae), M. L. Monné (3 Cerambycidae), and J. E. Wappes (3 Cerambycidae). Almost all of the growth in the holotype collection is a direct result of the government approved “Cerambycidae Faunal Survey” and has resulted in making the Museo de Historia Natural one of the most important Coleoptera type repositories in South America. Appendices (Appendix 1-5) are included containing photographs of the MNKM facilities and of indi- viduals whose work, whether as authors or collectors of new species, or both, are responsible for the phenomenal growth experienced by the holotype collection during the last ten years. Additionally, photo- graphs of typical habitat at several important localities, where many of the new species holotypes were collected, are also included along with facilities and individuals who made working at these localities possible. Lastly, since the largest US repository of insect specimens from the Bolivian “Cerambycidae Faunal Survey” is the Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL photographs of the facility and key individuals, who assisted with the project in many ways, are included as well. Introducción La primera lista publicada de holotipos de coleópteros en el Museo de Historia Natural, Noel Kempff Mercado (MNKM) (Fig. 1a–b), en Santa Cruz, Bolivia (Wappes et al. 2009), indicó que holotipos fueron alojados en una caja fuerte cerrada (Fig. 1d), independiente de la colección general, y en un cuarto seguro, con control climático. Este sigue siendo el mismo