Additional type designations for fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Biologia Centrali Americana housed in the Natural History Museum, London
Author
Martin, Gavin J.
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602
Author
Saxton, Natalie A.
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602
text
Insecta Mundi
2020
2020-10-30
2020
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journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.4565390
f08db410-31c1-4f76-a485-ac676eb6c5cf
1942-1354
4565390
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Cratomorphus fasciatus
Gorham, 1884
Cratomorphus fasciatus
Gorham 1884: 271
One specimen was located bearing a red “type” label and a “sp. figured” label.
Gorham (1884)
mentioned examining a single specimen not in very good preservation. Here we determine that this single specimen is the
holotype
. Labels for the determined
holotype
specimen are as follows: “
♂
” “Type” “
Costa Rica
./Van Patten.” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./
Cratomorphus
/fasciatus/Gorham” “
Cratomorphus
/fasciatus/Gorham” “Type./Sp. figured.” “NHMUK 013584672”. A red label is added with the following text: “
HOLOTYPE
/
Cratomorphus fasciatus
Gorham
/Determined by/Martin and Saxton 2020”.