Pachybrachis fortis Fall 1915
Creators: name: Barney, Robert J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Pachybrachis
Pachybrachis fortis

description: 7. Pachybrachis fortis Fall, 1915  (Fig. 1)   
 Pachybrachys fortis Fall 1915: 373.   
 Pachybrachis fortis: Riley et al. 2003: 157 (catalog).   
 Pachybrachis madera Barney 2019c: 1041. New synonymy.   
 Type. Fall (1915) described P. fortis based upon two males and one female from Nogales in Santa Cruz County. Fall’s type male, hereby designated lectotype, labeled “ ♂ // Nogales / St. Cruz Co. / IX.1.06 [hand-inked] Ariz. [printed, white paper] // COLL’D BY / NUNEMAC [printed, white paper] //TYPE [printed] / fortis [hand-inked, white paper] // M.C.Z. [printed] / 24936 [hand-inked, red paper] // H.C.FALL / COLLECTION [printed, white paper] // [circular blue disc signifying dissection by RJB] // LECTOTYPE / Pachybrachys / fortis Fall / R. J. Barney 2022 [printed, red paper]”, was examined, dissected, and photographed (Fig. 1).   
 Remarks. Once the Fall type specimen of P. fortis was examined it became obvious that P. madera should be synonymized under P. fortis. Consult Barney (2019c) for complete description of P. fortis (= P. madera) and additional specimens examined.   
 Additional Specimens Examined. Lectotype plus 61 specimens. MEXICO: SONORA: Municipio de Naco, Rancho el Metate, 7.4 km SSW Naco, E. base of Sierra San José, 31.2586°N, 109.95917°W, elev. 1,654 m, 2.ix.2017, T. R. Van Devender and J. D. Palting [7♂♂ 3♀♀, BYUC]; Municipio de Fronteras, 24.0 km WSW Fronteras, El Aserradero, Sierra Buenos Aires, Ajos-Bavispe Reserva, Forestal Nacional y Refugio de Fauna Silvestre, 1,707 m, 30.7260°N, 109.8136°W, 14. viii.2016, T. R. Van Devender [1♂ 4♀♀, BYUC]. USA: ARIZONA: Cochise Co., Garden Canyon, BL, 25.viii.2002, A. Gilbert and D. Haines [1♂, AJGC]; Huachuca Mts., 5,100 ft., Ash Canyon, 9.viii.2001, B. D. Valentine [4♂♂ 2♀♀, BYUC]; Huachuca Mts., Copper Canyon, 31.362°N, 110.300°W, 30.viii.2018, S. M. Clark and R. C. Mower [5♂♂ 2♀♀, BYUC]; Huachuca Mts., Carr Canyon, 25.viii.2020, D. Cavan, C. W. Ramsey and J. Quist [17♂♂, CWRC]; Gila Co., Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, 34°19′16″N 111°27′24″W, 11.ix.2010, UV light, W. B. Warner [5♂♂ 1♀, DJCC]; Pima Co., Madera Canyon, Bog Springs, 10.viii.1988, R. Morris [1♂, AJG]; Santa Rita Mts., Madera Canyon, 29.ix.1976, blacklight, R. L. Aalbu [1♂, BYUC]; Santa Cruz Co., Nogales, 1.ix.1906, F. W. Nunenmacher [1♂, LECTOTYPE, MCZ-FALL]; Santa Cruz Mts., Madera Canyon Bog Springs, 3.viii.1986, F. Werner [1♂, UAIC]. NEW MEXICO: Socorro Co., I-25, mm114, 19.viii.2008, at light, F. W. Skillman, Jr. [1♂, AJG]. UTAH: Grand Co., Colorado River, Hwy. 128, Big Bend Campground, N of Moab, 24.ix.1998, R. W. Baumann [1♂, BYUC]; Utah Co., Grove Creek, 13.ix.1986, S. A. Wells [2♂♂ 2♀♀, BYUC].
description: Published as part of Barney, Robert J., 2023, Redescriptions of the Pachybrachis Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae) of Arizona, Including New Synonymies, State Records, Plant Associations, and Descriptions of New Species: The Robust Species, pp. 439-459 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 77 (3) on page 443, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.439, http://zenodo.org/record/13243338