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holotype

(hŏl′ə-tīp′, hō′lə-)

The single specimen or other element used or designated as the type specimen of a species or subspecies in the original published description of the taxon.

hol′o·typ′ic (-tĭp′ĭk) adj.

holotype

the specimen designated by the author of a scientific name as the TYPE specimen at the time of the original publication.

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Fujian: Holotype [female], Chong'an, Sangang, 20-XI-1989, Jia-She Wang, by yellow pan trap (FAFU).

The species of genus Ablerus Howard (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Azotidae) from China, with description of a new species

Holotype (female): East Malaysia: Sabah, Danum Valley (N 4o 57' 55''; E 117o 41' 25'', ca 170 m), 6.

The pink katydids of Sabah (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Eulophophyllum) with description of two new species

Paratype: COTE D'IVOIRE: 1[male] same data as holotype.

A revision of Afrotropical Oligopogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) with the description of eighteen new species

Holotypes are the reference specimens on which species names and descriptions are based.

Up close and personal with tiny, beneficial wasps

Examination of photographs of the female holotype of Sthenarus australis Reuter (1904) (http://collections.

Resolving the identities of Phylinae (Heteroptera: Miridae) described by O.M. Reuter from Australia in 1904

patoka holotype genitalia revealed that the penes lobes of H.

A new junior synonym for Raptoheptagenia cruentata (Walsh, 1863) and remarks about nearctic Heptagenia Walsh, 1863 (insecta: ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)

Same locality data as holotype, 1 juvenil male, cl 9.

Una nueva especie de cangrejo de agua dulce del genero Neostrengeria Pretzmann, 1965, del departamento del Meta, Colombia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae)

The genus Hemicaecilius Enderlein is known from two female specimens, one of them is the holotype of H.

Una nueva especie de Hemicaecilius Enderlein basada en un macho de Cuzco, Peru (Psocodea:'Psocoptera': Lachesillidae)

In lieu of the later redescription, we present here (contrary to what we originally contemplated) only a redescription of the holotype, comparing it to its original description, and provide comments on additional specimens collected by the senior author in 1983.

Rediscovery of the types of Colostethus meridensis, with description of a related new species and redescription of Aromobates mayorgai (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae)/Redescubrimiento de los ejemplares tipo de Colostethus meridensis, con descripcion de una nueva especie emparentada y redescripcion de Aromobates mayorgai (Amphibia: Anura: Dendrobatidae)

The holotype sheet was annotated in Desvaux's handwriting.

A synopsis of the South American Lepidium (Brassicaceae)/ Sinopsis de las especies sudamericanas de Lepidium (Brassicaceae)

The holotype will be deposited in the collections of the Estonian Museum of Natural History.

A new species of the genus Dirphia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae) from Ecuador/ Uus Dirphia (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae) liik Ecuadorist

The holotype was said to be collected in Espirito Santo, Baixo Guandu, by Alvim Seidel 1074.