Depository of the holotype of Antonina nakaharai Williams and Miller (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)

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by  Douglas J Williams

PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH.
105(3). 2003. p. 191
Note
Depository ofthe Holotype ofAiilonlini ncikcihurui Williams and Millei
(Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae)
In a recent article we described and il- ing the name and location ofthat [the] col-
lustrated the three mealybug species ofthe lection" [where the holotype is deposited).
Antonina crawi Cockerell complex (Wil- To be certain that there is no question of
liams and Miller 2002). In addition, we in- the validity ofA. nakaharai. we here state
cludedakey tothespeciesofAntoninathat that the holotype is deposited in the Coc-
occur on bamboo and described and illus- coidea portion of the National Museum of
tratedoneadditional species.Twonewspe- Natural History Entomological Collection.
cies were included: A. macii and A. naka- Smithsonian Institution, Beltsville, Mary-
luirui. Inthe "Typematerial" sectionofthe land. —
description ofA. nakaharai (page 903), we Acknowledgments. We are grateful to
did notexplicitly mention thedepositoryof F. Christian Thompson, Systematic Ento-
the holotype, but indicated in the "Speci- mology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Re-
mens examined" section on page 906 that search Service, U.S. Department of Agri-
the series of specimens that included the culture (SEL), fordrawing attention ofthis
holotype was deposited on BMNH and problem and to David R. Smith ofSEL for
USNM. We did not indicate which of the reading and making suggestions about this
two museumswasthedepositoryofthe ho- manuscript.
lotype.anditispossible(throughsomewhat Literature Cited
unlikely) to assume that the holotype was Williams. D. J. and D. R. Miller. 2002. Sy.stematic
not one ofthe specimens mentioned in the studiesontheAnioiiinucrawiCockerell(Hemip-
"Specimensexamined" section.Thisomis- tera:Coccoidea:Pseudococcidae)complexofpest
sion was brought to our attention by F. cmieeatlyyboufgWsa.shPrioncgeteodnin1g0s4:of89th6e-9E1n1t.omologicalSo-
Christian Thompson, who indicated thatA. International Commission on Zoological Nomencla-
nakaharaishould beconsideredasanonien ture. 2000. International CodeofZoological No-
nudum until the description meets all cri- menclature.InternationalTrustforZoologicalNo-
teriaofChapter4oftheInternationalCode menclature.London. U.K.,306pp.
ofZoologicalNomenclature (2000); specif- Douglas J. Williams. Departnwnt ofEn-
ically, that we did not state where the ho- tomology. The Natural History Museum.
lotype was deposited. Although broad in- Cromwell Road. London SW7 5BD. U.K.
terpretationofthedescriptioncouldsuggest and Douglass R. Miller, Systematic Ento-
that the primary type was in one ofthetwo mology Laboratoiy, PSI. Agricultural Re-
museums, it is not clear ifthis information search Sen'ice. U.S. Department ofAgri-
is specific enough to fit the criteria of Ar- culture. Beltsville. MD 20705. U.S.A. (e-
ticle 16.4.2 requiring "a statement indicat- niail: [email protected]).