Photinus eous Gorham, 1884

Martin, Gavin J. & Saxton, Natalie A., 2020, Additional type designations for fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Biologia Centrali Americana housed in the Natural History Museum, London, Insecta Mundi 2020 (806), pp. 1-10 : 8

Photinus eous Gorham, 1884

Photinus eöus Gorham 1884: 264

Gorham (1884) specified that he examined hundreds of specimens belonging to this species. We located a very large series, some of which did not have BCA labels but bore syntype labels and matching locality labels to the one Gorham examined. We chose to include all of these specimens in the paralectotype series. A male specimen bearing a red “type” label is here designated as a lectotype while 54 specimens are designated as paralectotypes. The only specimen excluded from the type series lacked any sort of label. Labels for the designated lectotype specimen are as follows: “SYN-/TYPE” “Type” “Type. ♂ ” “V. de Chiriqui,/ 4000-6000 ft. /Champion.” “ Photinus /eöus/Gorham.” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./ Photinus /eous,/Gorham”. A red label is added with the following text: “ LECTOTYPE / Photinus eöus Gorham /Designated by/Martin and Saxton 2020”