[NHCOLL-L:2617] lost Metcalf type (fulgorid from Brownsville)

[Doug Yanega]

Hi, all. Apologies for x-posting. A colleague and I are trying to pin 
down the identity of the N American fulgorid _Crepusia (now Alphina) 
glauca_ Metcalf 1923; Metcalf's publication stated the holotype male 
was from Brownsville, TX, and the allotype female was from Nogales, 
AZ (unfortunately, it looks like the Texas and Arizona populations of 
this putative taxon are two or three different species - thus the 
desperate need to locate the type). He did not state where the type 
was deposited, however. We've tried North Carolina State University 
(which probably should have had the type material), the Smithsonian, 
the Field Museum, and Cornell, but with no luck so far. It *might* be 
that Metcalf did not put "type" labels on the specimens, and/or 
they've wandered off to some other repository, and/or have been 
labeled with a different taxon name (there is some confusion between 
this taxon and Calyptoproctus marmoratus, and they may even be 
synonyms). So, this is a general request to anyone who has any 
pre-1923 specimens from Brownsville labeled Crepusia glauca, Alphina 
glauca, or Calyptoproctus marmoratus in their collection, especially 
if they have Metcalf's determiner label on them; you *may* have 
Metcalf's type, and we'd be grateful if you could contact me 
off-list. I'd really rather not worry over designating a neotype 
until I've exhausted all reasonable possibilities for tracking this 
specimen down.

Thanks in advance,
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Doug Yanega        Dept. of Entomology         Entomology Research Museum
Univ. of California - Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521-0314
phone: (951) 827-4315 (standard disclaimer: opinions are mine, not UCR's)
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