Dryptelytra fulvipennis E. Olivier, 1912

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Notes on the Amydetinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott’s 1966 catalogue of Lampyridae, Insecta Mundi 628, pp. 1-6 : 2

Dryptelytra fulvipennis E. Olivier, 1912

Dryptelytra fulvipennis E. Olivier 1912a: 25

Dryptelytra fulvipennis Pic, 1912 ; McDermott 1966: 84 [incorrect authorship]

Note. McDermott listed E. Olivier (1912a) as the author on his notecard ( Fig. 1a ) entry for this species. McDermott also noted an uncertain citation for Pic (1912) (indicated by a question mark; Fig. 1a ). Olivier’s (1912) description of D. fulvipennis was clearly intended to be for a new species (indicated by “ nov. sp. ”), and even after a thorough search through volumes of L’Échange (as listed in the catalogue) from 1912 and surrounding years no article written by Pic includes a description of this species.

Figures

Figure 1. McDermott’s original handwritten literature notecards. a) Notecard showing the citation for the original description of Dryptelytra fulvipennis. b) Notecard showing McDermott’s incorrect citation for Magnoculus marginatus.