Tinotus flavescens Sharp

Tinotus flavescens Sharp, 1883:171 [description]; Fenyes, 1918 –1921:312 [catalog listing]; Bernhauer and Scheerpeltz, 1926:714 [catalog listing]; Blackwelder, 1944:163 [checklist of Neotropical species].

Lectotype. BMNH, sex? [‘‘ Tinotus flavescens Type D. S., Guatemala City, Champion’’ / ‘‘Type H. T’’ (white disc with red border) / ‘‘Guatemala City. Champion’’ / ‘‘ Sharp Coll. 1955–313’’ / ‘‘B.C.A. Col. I. 2., Tinotus flavescens, Sharp. ’’ / ‘‘Lectotype’’ (white disc with purple border) / ‘‘LECTOTYPE, Tinotus flavescens Sharp, desig. R. S. Hanley 2000’’] (here designated). Lectotype designation is justified under article 74.1.1 of the ICZN (1999) in order to fix the status of this specimen as the sole name­bearing type of this species.

Type Locality. GUATEMALA: Guatemala City.