A catalog of the types of Chrysomelidae sensu lato (Insecta, Coleoptera, Polyphaga) deposited in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires

: The type specimens (all current categories) of Chrysomelidae s.l. deposited in this Museum are listed; 125 names are recorded, 85 of them (68 percent) are represented here by name-bearing types (‘primary’ types), five of them dubious. The family is taken in its broadest sense, including the Bruchinae, Hispinae (along with the former Cassidinae), and other groups sometimes considered as separate families. The specific and subspecific names were alphabetically filed, followed by the generic ones as they were spelled in the original publication, or the generic and specific names in the case of subspecies and varieties. Later combinations and/or current binomina are mentioned insofar as these are known to the authors. Two lists are added: 1. of specimens labelled as types of unavailable names, chiefly those not found in the literature, and supposedly not published, and 2. of specimens labelled as types, but not originally included as such, and published or not after the original description. ellos (68 por ciento) representados aquí por tipos portadores de nombres (tipos ‘primarios’), cinco de ellos dudosos. La familia se toma en su concepto más amplio, incluyendo a las Bruchinae, las Hispinae (con las anteriores Cassidinae) y otros grupos a veces considerados como familias separadas. Los nombres específicos y subespecíficos fueron ordenados alfabéticamente; a estos siguen los de los géneros, así como se publicaron originalmente, o de los géneros y especies en el caso de las subespecies y variedades. Se mencionan las combinaciones ulteriores y/o los binomios en uso, hasta donde son conocidos por los autores. Se agregan dos listas: 1. de los ejemplares rotulados como tipos, de nombres no disponibles, principalmente aquellos no hallados en la bibliografía, y supuestamente no publicados, y 2. de los ejemplares rotulados como tipos, pero no incluidos originalmente como tales, publicados o no después de la descripción original.


INTRODUCTION
A catalog of the typical specimens (all current categories) of species of Chrysomelidae s.l. housed in the Entomological Division of this Museum is presented, referred to 125 names: 25 holotypes (four of them dubious, they may be syntypes), 95 syntypes (six of them dubious) of 55 names, 179 paratypes (which include 6 allotypes). Of these 125 names, 85 of them (68 percent) are here represented by name-bearing types ('primary types'). The family is here taken in its broadest sense, including the Bruchinae, the Hispinae (with the former Cassidinae) and other groups sometimes considered as separate families. The classification of Lawrence & Newton (1995) is here followed.
Specific and subspecific names are alphabetically entered, as is usual in type specimen catalogs; each name is followed by the generic one, and the subgeneric one if it was mentioned, spelled as it was in the original binomen, or by the generic and specific ones in the case of subspecies and varieties. An abbreviated bibliographic citation follows, as well as a listing of the types, if these were mentioned, starting with those deposited in this Museum. An account of the type specimens actually here housed follows, with their label data. According to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4 th edition, 1999), allotypes are not 'namebearing types'. If the country is not mentioned, Argentina is meant; in every other case, the country is mentioned first. Some specimens bear a registration number, entered in the Entomology Division register; numbers under 10000 correspond to the old general register of the Museum. Later nomenclatural or taxionomical changes are added, insofar as these are known to the authors.
For the identification of types not formally designated in the original publication (art. 72.4 of the Code), evidences from the labels as they were writ-ten in the collections examined by authors of names, are considered. When the authors did not formally designate a holotype, or its equivalent, and did not mention how many specimens were examined, it is assumed that they had a series of syntypes (recommendation 73 F of the Code), eventually 'sole syntypes'.
Some specimens in the collection are labelled as types of names not found in the literature, and assumed not to have been published. These names are probably not available in the sense of the Code; however, in order to assist in future research, they are separately listed.
Specimens labelled as types, but not included in the original publication, and specimens designated as types after the original publication date, published or not, cannot be accepted as included in the type series; however, also in order to assist in future research, they are included in a third list.
Burmeister did not label his types nor other specimens, save sometimes with locality labels; he put, to the left of the specimens or series, a handwritten identification label, fastened with pins to the bottom of the drawer, and added sometimes a vague distribution indication, e.g. «Patagonia» or even «Argentina». The type condition is inferred from the publications, and one of us (AOB) added labels, handwritten on red cardboard, to the specimens deemed to be holotypes or syntypes.
Brèthes often marked his type specimens with a small square piece of red paper, making their identification in the drawers easier.
Bruch used to copy the specific names of the types on his own labels, most of them with a red frame (a few with a green frame), and to add to the same pin a small, folded piece of paper with the name handwritten by the respective author, seemingly cut from a letter; frequently only a part of the generic name, and/or a part of the author's name are legible.
Some specimens in the Bruch collection are labelled as 'cotypes'. If the author did not state how many specimens he had examined, they must be considered as syntypes. We suspect that some of the 'cotypes' in our Museum were not even included in the typical series, but it is not possible to assure their condition. In order to assist in future research, we include them in the present paper as syntypes or as paratypes, according to each context (Bruch used the term 'Cotypus' sometimes in the sense of syntypus and sometimes in the sense of paratypus). Lastly, one name (Probaenia crenata ab. interrupta Monrós & Viana 1947: 273, pl. xxii: 91) although not an available name, is included within this list because of the same reason.
Notes: The second spec. could not even be a type, as Burmeister mentions only one spec.. Monrós (1948: 212) suggests this could be a variety of L. orbignyi (Guérin 1844).