title: THE TYPES OF PALAEARCTIC HIPPORHININI (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cyclominae) CONSERVED AT THE MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, PARIS.
abstract: The Palaearctic species of Curculionidae: Cyclominae: Hipporhinini conserved at the Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris were critically revised in order to recognise the type specimens, select lectotypes or, where necessary, designate neotypes. Out of 135 species whose types were presumably preserved in the MNHN, original type specimens of 116 could be found. The holotypes of 21 species were available, either because originally designated as such, or because the species was unequivocally based on a single specimen; a paratype of another taxon, whose holotype is preserved in another collection, was also examined. The lectotypes of 93 species were designated, and a syntype of another species was also seen. Neotypes of 10 more species were designated, thus leading to a total number of species whose type is conserved at the MNHN to 126. Type specimens of five more species described by French authors, not present in the MNHN but conserved in other museums, were found as well and were included in the paper, with the further designation of three lectotypes. All types treated herein were labelled and photographed.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Life Sciences and Systems Biology, Via Accademia Albertina 13, 10123 Torino, Italy.; Email: massimo.meregalli@unito.it.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Meregalli
authors.affiliation: Département Systématique et Evolution (Entomologie), Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, UMR 7205, MNHN-CNRS, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 PARIS CEDEX 05.; Email: hperrin@mnhn.fr.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Perrin
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009144:Museums; D009929:Organ Size; D010297:Paris; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D048889:Weevils / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development