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

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

Published:2023-11-08 Issue:1 Volume:5369 Page:89-116
ISSN:1175-5334
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BRUNET BRYAN M.T.^ORCID,RAUPACH MICHAEL J.^ORCID,REHAGE HEINZ-OTTO^ORCID,HAVILL NATHAN P.^ORCID,FOOTTIT ROBERT G.

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.

Publisher

Magnolia Press

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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