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
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1942-1354
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Macrolampis infirma
(
Gorham, 1884
)
Photinus infirmus
Gorham 1884: 260
Gorham (1884)
stated that he saw “about two dozen” specimens of this species, evenly split between males and females.
Gorham (1884)
also mentioned that the males were noticeably larger than the females. We were able to locate eighteen specimens at the NHM that did have some noticeable variation in size and elytral coloring. Seventeen of these specimens are designated as
paralectotypes
as they match the information given by
Gorham (1884)
. One specimen, specifically from the locality Bugaba as per
Gorham (1884)
, is here designated as the
lectotype
. Labels for the designated
lectotype
specimen are as follows: “SYN-/TYPE” “
♂
” “Type” “Bugaba,/
Panama
./Champion.” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./
Photinus
/infirmus,/Gorham
♂
” “
Photinus
/infirmus/Gorham” “Type.”. A red label is added with the following text: “
LECTOTYPE
/
Photinus infirmus
Gorham
/Designated by/Martin and Saxton 2020”