Cratomorphus picipennis Gorham, 1881

Martin, Gavin J. & Powell, Gareth S., 2020, Type designations for fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Biologia Centrali Americana Gorham, 1881 housed in the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 4808 (2), pp. 384-392 : 387

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.11
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scientific name	Cratomorphus picipennis Gorham, 1881
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Two syntype female specimens were located matching the description given by Gorham (1881). The larger specimen, matching the general description and bearing a “Sp. figured” label is herein designated as the lectotype. The smaller specimen, which seemed to Gorham (1881) to be a variant, is designated as a paralectotype. Labels for the designated lectotype specimen are as follows:

“ SYN-/ TYPE ” “Type” “San Juan,/Vera Paz./Champion.” “ B.C.A.Col. III.(2)./ Cratomorphus /picipennis ♀ /Gorham” “Type./Sp. figured.” “ Cratomorphus /picipennis/Gorh.” “ NHMUK 013584674 About NHMUK ”. A red label is added with the following text: “ LECTOTYPE / Cratomorphus picipennis / Gorham/Designated by/Martin and Powell 2020” .

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Lampyridae
Genus	Cratomorphus