Photinus brevicornis 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 : 7

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4565390
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1EBF8DAB-3EC5-4671-9E15-C3D2213E3164
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4588666
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/301087B4-AF78-FFB0-FF3E-FB02FD6DFA1C
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Photinus brevicornis Gorham, 1884
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Photinus brevicornis Gorham, 1884 View in CoL

Photinus brevicornis Gorham 1884: 262 View in CoL

Only one specimen was located for this species, however two were examined by Gorham (1884). The single specimen located matched the locality data given by Gorham (1884) and was also figured. We designate this specimen as the lectotype. Labels for the designated lectotype specimen are as follows: “Type” “ ♀ ” “San Isidro,/ 1600 ft. /Champion.” “Type./Sp. figured.” “ Photinus View in CoL /brevicornis/Gorham ♀ ” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./ Photinus View in CoL ?/brevicornis,/Gorham”. A red label is added with the following text: “ LECTOTYPE / Photinus brevicornis Gorham View in CoL /Designated by/Martin and Saxton 2020”

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Lampyridae
SubFamily	Photurinae
Genus	Photinus