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 Pygolampis blanda Motschulsky, 1854b Figs 86–88 Pygolampis blanda Motschulsky, 1854b: 25 . Type material examined Syntype HISPANIOLA, probably Domenican Republic • ♂ ; “blandus ,, Motsch” // “S. Domingo” // “ Pygolampis ,, blanda M” [E. Olivier handwriting]; ZIN . Preservation status Fairly well-preserved, terminalia missing. Remarks Pygolampis blanda Motschulsky, 1854b (nec. Photinus blandus Jaquelin Du Val 1857 ) is currently listed as Lampyridae incertae sedis ( McDermott 1966 ). This species was described from “St. Domingo”, currently Hispaniola. Motschulsky lists Dejean as the author of the species, but the former must be recognized as author, since Dejean’s name is in litteris. Lacordaire (1857) mentions P. blanda Dejean as from Brazil , which probably misled McDermott to list it from this country in his catalogue ( McDermott 1966: 123 ). Based on its brief description and its type locality, P. blanda could be allied to Robopus Motschulsky, 1853 , but if transferred, it would cause a homonymy with Robopus blanda (Jaquelin Du Val, 1857) , currently a junior synonym of Robopus nefarius (E. Olivier, 1912; see Keller & Branham 2021 ). Since Robopus is yet to be reviewed, and it is beyond the scope of this work to resolve this matter, we refrain from pursuing nomenclatural acts. Current status Pygolampis blanda Motschulsky, 1854b (incertae sedis lampyrid species according to McDermott 1966 ).