PROC. ENTOMOL. SOC. WASH. 93(3), 1991, pp. 733-736 NOTES ON THE G. B. VOGT COLLECTION, PART I: SOUTH TEXAS (COLEOPTERA AND HEMIPTERA) C. L. Bellamy Department ofEntomology, National Museum ofNatural History, Smithsonian Insti- tution, Washington, D.C. Abstract.—Information is given on the recently acquired entomological collections of George B. Vogt. The diverse material ofColeoptera and Hemiptera collected in southern Texas (1946-1947) and discrepancies between the label data and information published by the collector in several papers from 1949 are discussed. Key Words: South Texas, Coleoptera, Hemiptera The sudden and unfortunate death of (Cerambycidae). However, Georgealso col- George B. Vogt on Dec. 12, 1990 has de- lected numerous examples of many other prived his friends and colleagues ofone of beetle familiesandtheserecordswere never the most widely interested entomologists of published. Because of the demise of most histime. George'slifewasrecentlysketched ofthe habitat in the Lower Rio Grande Val- by Anderson et al. (1991). ley, I suspect that some, ifnot most, ofthis George left a tremendous wealth of en- material represents taxa that may be quite tomological material to the National Mu- rare in collections and might well be en- seum ofNatural History. Much ofthe ma- dangered or possibly extinct in nature. The terial is still in a very raw state and an first example ofthe value ofthis collection enormous commitment of time and space is the newly described tenebrionid, Bran- willberequiredtocompletethe preparation chus whiteheadi Steiner (1991), with nearly and curation ofGeorge's collections. How- halfofthe type seriescoming from the Vogt ever, some ofthe material from the earlier collection. W. E. Steiner has also told me years of his career, notably that collected (pers. comm.) that another tenebrionid, while George was working for the Public Oenopion zopheroides (Horn), is represent- Health Service and resident in South Texas edbythree specimens in the Vogtcollection (1946-1947), arrived mounted and labelled and was recently discussed as being one of and is slowly being integrated into the gen- the rarest ofNorth American tenebrionids eral collections at NMNH. This material is in collections (Doyen 1971). More recently. mostly representative of a wide array of Doyen (1984) discussed the restricted dis- beetle families along with several drawers tribution and habitat of another tenebrio- ofvarious groups ofHemiptera. Following nid, Eusattuspuberulus LeConte. There are his return from Texas in 1948, George pub- sevenspecimensintheVogtcollectionwhich lished five papers on the material he had represent a range extension into a further collected. These appeared in this chronol- southernTexascounty. Thelocalitydata for ogy and discussed taxa within the following this taxon reads: Willacy Co., Tex., B. 30- families: 1949a (Cicindelidae); 1949b and XI-46. 1949c (Buprestidae); 1949d and 1949e Even though this material is in the best 734 PROCEEDINGS OFTHE ENTOMOLOGICALSOCIETY OFWASHINGTON Table I. South Texas localities for the G. B. Vogt collection. Numbers are as published in Vogt (1949c) and letters areas on the specimen labels. VOLUME 93, NUMBER 3 735 H"H ^^i^^s= ScaleorMiles Fig. 1. Distribution ofcollectinglocalities from Vogt (1949c, e). be no confusion here. Some of the letters There is also some material (e.g. Teneb- are apparently congruent with the num- rionidae) that was collected in Willacy Co. bered localities from Fig. 1 and these are which bears the locality letter 'B', but there listed below. In some cases, the numbered isnotan annotated mapofthatcounty from localities probably refer to more than one which to derive more precise locality data. lettered locality. The only localities which were fully ar- T^^ STARR HIDALGO / I „ / %Pk. /^IVETR ScaleorMiles Fig. 2. Distribution ofcollecting localities from hand numbered maps. 736 PROCEEDINGS OFTHE ENTOMOLOGICALSOCIETY OFWASHINGTON ticulated were those used for the eight taxa Tex. H. 6-IX-47,GeorgeB. Vogt/SantaMa- described by Vogt (1949a, b). These are re- ria, Tex., 3 mi. E. peated here to clarify some data originally Neither the allotypes, where present, nor omitted and to further relate the lettered paratypes ofany ofthese taxa are presently label data to precise localities. In the case labelled with locality information beyond a of the three cicindelids (Vogt 1949a) and letter designation. five buprestids (Vogt 1949b), no exact data Acknowledgments forthe respective holotypesweregivenwith the descriptions, so this is clarified below. I would like to thank Warren Steiner for Cicindela nigwcoerulea subtwpica Vogt, his comments on the tenebrionids men- 1949a: 2. Holotype (USNM #59055): S.W. tioned herein and his suggestion that this Hidalgo Co., Tex. H. 27-X-46, George B. information be brought together. I would Vogt. Two localities were given forthe type also like to thank Gary Hevel for his time series, with the "H" correspondingto: "five and physical assistance in transporting the miles southwest ofMission." Vogt collection to the museum. Cicindela obsoleta neojuvenilis Vogt, 1949a: 4. Holotype (USNM #59056): S.W. Literature Cited Hidalgo Co., Tex. H. 6-X-46, George B. Anderson, D. M, C. L. Bellamy, H. F. Howden, and Vogt. The entire type series was from the P.C.Quimby. 1991. GeorgeBrittonVogt(1920- same locality, "five miles southwest ofMis- 1990). The Coleopterists Bulletin 45(1): 93-95. sion." Doyen,J. 1971. SynopsisofthegenusOcno;7/c>«(Co- leoptera:Tenebrionidae:Coelometopini).TheCo- Cicindela cazieri Vogt, 1949a: 6. Holo- leopterists Bulletin 25(4): 109-117. (USNM type #59057): Starr Co., Tex. E. 1984. Systeniaticsof£'w5a//w5andCo/»5a/?M5 . 5-X-47, George B. Vogt. The published lo- (Coleoptera; Tenebrionidae: Coniontini; Eusatti). cality was "ten miles north of Rio Grande Occasional Papers ofthe California Academy of Sciences. No. 141, 104 pp. City." Steiner, W. E. 1991. Branchus whiteheadl. new spe- ChrysobothrispublineataVogt, 1949b: 48. cies,fromsouthernTexas,withnotesonthegenus Holotype (USNM #58836): Starr Co., Tex. Branchus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Proceed- A. 12-IV-47, George B. Vogt/Rio Grande ings ofthe Entomological Society ofWashington 93(2):425-432. City, 6V2 mi. S.E. Agrilus exsapindi Vogt, 1949b: 49. Ho- Vogt,G.B. 1949a. ThreenewCicindelidaefromSouth Texaswithcollectingnoteson otherCicindelidae lotype (USNM #58837): S.W. Hidalgo Co., (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomo- Tex. 29-III-47, George B. Vogt/One mi logical Society 44(1): 1-9. south Granjeno Tex. The allotype bears the . 1949b. Five new Buprestidae from South same firstlabelwhichdiffers: "V.30-III-47" Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of anAdgrniolussescaopnidndliacbeoll.a Vogt, 1949b: 50. Ho- ABump.errei1sc9t4ai9dc4a.2e(1o)Af:th4bei8o-Ll5oo4gw.iecralRlyioaGnnroatnadteedVallilsety,ofTetxh-e lotype (USNM #58838): same exact labels as. Annalsofthe Entomological SocietyofAmer- and data as holotype o{A. exsapindi. ica 42(2): 191-202. Agrilus obscurilineatus Vogt, 1949b: 52. . 1949d. Notes on Cerambycidae from the Holotype (USNM #58839): Starr Co., Tex. LowerRioGrandeValley,Texas(Coleoptera).The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 2(3): 137-144. A. 12-V-47, George B. Vogt/Rio Grande . 1949e. Notes on Cerambycidae from the City, Tex., 6V2 mi. S.E. LowerRioGrandeValley,Texas(Coleoptera).The Pachyscelusfisheri Yogi, 1949b: 53. Ho- Pan-Pacific Entomologist 2(4): 175-184. lotype(USNM #58840): S.W. Cameron Co.,