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
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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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Lucidota difformis
Gorham, 1884
Lucidota difformis
Gorham 1884: 255
We located twelve specimens. Gorham described both males and females of this species. There is obvious sexual dimorphism in the color of the specimens we examined with the only two female specimens lacking the dark apices of the elytra as noted by
Gorham (1884)
. Because
Gorham (1884)
described the male first we here designate the male specimen bearing the red “type” label as the
lectotype
. The other eleven specimens we designate as
paralectotypes
. Labels for the designated
lectotype
specimen are as follows: “SYN-/TYPE” “Type” “Bugaba,/
Panama
./Champion.” “
Lucidota
/difformis/Gorham
♂
” “
♂
Type.” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./
Lucidota
/difformis.”. A red label is added with the following text: “
LECTOTYPE
/
Lucidota difformis
Gorham
/Designated by/ Martin and Saxton 2020”.