The type of Eumolpus hobsoni Curtis, 1840 in Museums Victoria, Australia was located and examined. Despite the type locality placed in England, this species is in fact a North American member of Xanthonia Baly, 1863. Eumolpus hobsoni is a new junior subjective synonym of Xanthonia decemnotata (Say, 1824).
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21 June 2022
Detective Stories from Historical Collections: The Case of Eumolpus hobsoni Curtis, 1840 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)
Jan Bezděk,
Edward G. Riley,
Ken Walker
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 76 • No. 2
June 2022
Vol. 76 • No. 2
June 2022
Leaf beetle
Nearctic
new synonymy
taxonomy
Xanthonia