New world lampyrid types at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Author Lima, William 72D0D809-D41B-4E49-B544-0FA705E50B95 Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Coleoptera (LASEC), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA). Av. Bem-Te-Vi, 8 - 406 - Campus II, Petrópolis, 69067 - 001, Manaus, AM, Brazil. willgolima@gmail.com Author Moseyko, Alexey G. 04E0214F-C257-4211-B1AD-68F7EEA83637 Laboratory of Insect Systematics, Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya nab. 1, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia. chrysolesha@mail.ru Author Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da 8C11F007-55CB-4769-96D7-82D221203B3B Biology Department, Western Carolina University, 535 Apodaca Building, 1 University Drive Cullowhee, NC 28723, USA. silveira.lfl@gmail.com text European Journal of Taxonomy 2024 2024-06-26 943 24 58 https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2575/11707 journal article 299411 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2575 57d232b4-cc31-487e-bbb7-5b576f029143 2118-9773 12587553 C1452C13-09B5-42FB-A7F4-75A79799BEC7 Nyctocrepis demoulini Motschulsky, 1853 Figs 53–55 Nyctocrepis demoulini Motschulsky, 1853: 33 . Type material examined Holotype BRAZIL • ♂ ; “Demoulinii [sic] Motsch,, Brésil”; ZIN . Preservation status Complete, well-preserved. Remarks Motschulsky listed Deyrolle as the source of the type material from Brazil . This species is known from Southern Brazil , including Santa Catarina ( Bocakova et al. 2022 ). Since Deyrolle provided other lampyrid specimens to Motschulsky from this region, the holotype is possibly from Southern Brazil . Motschulsky (1853: 33) described Nyctocrepis and only listed Nyctocrepis demoulini in the publication, without providing a separate description for the species. A description for Nyctocrepis demoulini was given by Motschulsky in a later publication (1854a: 10). Rendering Nyctocrepis demoulini invalid would threaten the stability of this genus, since no other species were listed by the author. However, the article 12.2.6 of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) ensures combined descriptions for monotypic genera and their respective species described before 1961. Therefore, by the provisions of article 12.2.6, the publication date of Nyctocrepis demoulini is 1853 , and not 1854 as given in Bocakova et al. (2022) . Current status Nyctocrepis demoulini Motschulsky, 1853 .