Mundochthonius pacificus (Banks, 1893)

Mundochthonius pacificus (Banks, 1893)

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Roncus pacificus Banks, 1893: 66.

Lechytia pacifica (Banks): Banks, 1895a: 13; Coolidge, 1908: 114.

Mundochthonius pacificus (Banks): R.O. Schuster, 1968: 137-139, figs 1-6; Harvey, 1991a: 191-192.

Not Lechytia pacifica (Banks): Chamberlin, 1925b: 337 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Chamberlin, 1929a: 77, figs 1g, 3c, 3f (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Chamberlin, 1931a: 69, figs 13d, 15c, 17c, 25d, 28c, 34i-j, 43e-f, 47c (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Beier, 1932a: 73-74 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Roewer, 1937: 242 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1952a: 43-45 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff and Clawson, 1952: 2 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1956a: 11-12 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1958: 7 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1959b: 4, etc. (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1961: 425-427 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); Hoff, 1963a: 2 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi); D.W. Zeh, 1987b: 1086 (misidentification; see Lechytia hoffi).

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