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holotype

[′häl·ə‚tīp]

(systematics)

A nomenclatural type for the single specimen designated as “the type” by the original author at the time of publication of the original description.

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Holotype male (DEI-Muncheberg), labelled: "Paraguay / Sa.

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

Pentz 8510 (holotype PRE!; isotype SRGH 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 (WAM T142979).

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

Holotype. EMAUG119/7 (see [12]) from the Falciferum Chronozone of the Posidonia Shale Formation (lower Toarcian), Schwinz near Dobbertin, Germany.

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

Behcet 8606 (in flower) (Holotype: Mustafa Kemal Univ.

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

Fujian: Holotype 2, Fuzhou, Forest Park, 17-VI-1989, ZhiShan Wu, by sweeping (FAFU); Paratypes 2 [female] [female], 2 [male][male], Sanming, 8-VII1987, Chang-Ming Liu, by yellow sticky trap (FAFU).

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

Description (male holotype).--Head with vertex sloping between ocelli; fastigium verticis with a medial furrow bordered by a parallel-sided rectangular carina opened behind, separated from fastigium frontis by a deep transverse furrow; lateral ocelli situated on both sides at base of that carina.

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

Veracruz, Atlacomulco, Schiede 1105 (Holotype: HAL!).

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

Holotype: SOUTH AFRICA: 1[female] 'South Africa: Natal/Mhlopeni Nat.

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

nov., male holotype (MUSM-ENT 0506547), Peru, Cuzco, Rio Camisea, Armihuari.

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

"Making the images freely available online makes it possible for anyone with an Internet connection to assess the morphology of the holotype specimens," says Talamas.