title: The identity of Aphodius nodifrons Randall, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Maine, United States of America, with designation of the lectotype and handwriting examples.
abstract: John Witt Randall's Coleoptera types have been assumed to be lost. In London and Harvard, we found two syntypes of Aphodius nodifrons Randall, 1838, coming from the collection of Thaddeus William Harris. We designated the lectotype and synonymised Randall's species with A. pedellus (De Geer, 1774).
authors: Department of Zoology, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Boulevard, Denver, Colorado 80205-5798, United States of America.; Email: frank.krell@dmns.org.
authors: Frank-Thorsten
authors: FT
authors: Krell
authors: Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom.; Email: R.Angus@rhul.ac.uk.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Angus
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D006236:Handwriting; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008281:Maine; D008297:Male; D009144:Museums