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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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Holotype male (MZUSP), labelled: "SISBIOTA--CNPq--FAPESP [in lateral] / BRASIL: MT: Chap.

TRES NUEVAS ESPECIES DE PROPARACHAETA TOWNSEND, 1928 (DIPTERA: TACHINIDAE) DE BRASIL Y PERU, Y REDESCRIPCION DE LA ESPECIE-TIPO DE PARAGUAY

Schlim 724 (holotype, L!; isotype W digital image!).

TAXONOMIC NOVELTIES AND SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS DIGITARIA (POACEAE, PANICOIDEAE, PANICEAE) IN PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS

AUSTRALIA: Western Australia: 1 [male], same data as holotype except Ironstone Slope, Mount Gibson, west facing, 29[degrees]35'36"S, 117[degrees]10'55"E, 31 May-11 June 2005 (WAM T72325).

Systematics of the spiny trapdoor spider genus Bungulla (Mygalomorphae: Idiopidae): revealing a remarkable radiation of mygalomorph spiders from the Western Australian arid zone

British Toarcian: NHMUK I.15014 (holotype of Necrotaulius pygmaeus Tillyard, Figure 3) and I.11425, both Dumbleton and TTNCM 39/2011/0733, Ilminster, Somerset.

A Review of Necrotauliids from the Triassic/Jurassic of England (Trichoptera: Necrotauliidae)

A5 Amasya: Tasova, Borabay village to Basyurt Yayla, 9 km, 1382 m, serpentine slopes, roadsides, 16.08.2013, 40[degrees]48'011"N 36[degrees]07'005"E, A.Duran 9733 & O.Karabacak (holotype: KNYA; isotypes: GAZI, ANK).

Check-list of additional taxa to the supplement flora of Turkey VIII

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

Coloration (male holotype): Tegmen and hind leg (especially lobes of hind tibia) yellowish brown in the dried specimen, probably green when alive; hind wings transparent.

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

Pejivalle, Cartago, Standley & Valerio 46834 (holotype: US!).

Piper commutatum (Piperaceae), the correct name for a widespread species in Mexico and Mesoamerica

Holotype: MOZAMBIQUE: 1[male] 'Mozambique Catapu,/Mphingwe Camp [18[degrees]02'28"S 35[degrees]11'59"E], 32 km/S of Zambezi river; dry Millettia lowland forest;/GBP Davies; January 2007' (NMSA).

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

nov., male holotype (MUSMENT 0506547), Peru, Cuzco, Rio Camisea, Armihuari.

Ami armihuariensis, una especie nueva de Peru (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Theraphosinae)

Such capabilities are especially important in validating or correcting holotype names or descriptions that were made long ago.