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Abstract
In this study we allocate lectotypes for Cossus l-nigrum Bethune-Baker, 1894, Paropta pharaonis Bang-Haas, 1910 and Cossus frater Warnecke, 1929. New synonymies are established: Paropta Staudinger, 1899 = Alcterogystia Schoorl, Citation1990, syn. n.; Cossus lnigrum Bethune-Baker, 1894 = Paropta paradoxus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]), syn. n.; Paropta pharaonis Bang-Haas, 1910 = Paropta paradoxus (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]), syn. n. It has been proved that Cossus frater Warnecke, 1929 belongs to the genus Paropta Staudinger, 1899.
Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to Dr Wolfram Mey (Berlin), Dr Axel Hausmann (Munich), Mr. Geoff Martin (London) and the NHML Council of Trustees for being so kind and give the opportunity to publish images of type specimens stored in The Museum of Natural History (London, United Kingdom). We thank heartily all persons who helped with the preparation of the paper: Prof. Marina Silantjeva (Barnaul) for giving us the opportunity to use the Zeiss Stemi 2000 C microscope and the Olympus XC 50 camera, and Anna Ustjuzhanina (Tomsk, Russia) and Prof. Boris Kondratieff (Fort Collins, USA) for language improvements.
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