Lucidota difformis 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 : 5

Lucidota difformis Gorham, 1884

Lucidota difformis Gorham 1884: 255

We located twelve specimens. Gorham described both males and females of this species. There is obvious sexual dimorphism in the color of the specimens we examined with the only two female specimens lacking the dark apices of the elytra as noted by Gorham (1884). Because Gorham (1884) described the male first we here designate the male specimen bearing the red “type” label as the lectotype. The other eleven specimens we designate as paralectotypes. Labels for the designated lectotype specimen are as follows: “SYN-/TYPE” “Type” “Bugaba,/ Panama./Champion.” “ Lucidota /difformis/Gorham ♂ ” “ ♂ Type.” “B.C.A.Col.III.(2)./ Lucidota /difformis.”. A red label is added with the following text: “ LECTOTYPE / Lucidota difformis Gorham /Designated by/ Martin and Saxton 2020”.