Dilychnia basalis Motschulsky, 1853

Lima, William, Moseyko, Alexey G. & Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da, 2024, New world lampyrid types at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, European Journal of Taxonomy 943, pp. 24-58 : 30-31

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2575

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C1452C13-09B5-42FB-A7F4-75A79799BEC7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12587644

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0384023F-950E-FFCD-7D07-FA8CFD43AF97

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dilychnia basalis Motschulsky, 1853
status

 

Dilychnia basalis Motschulsky, 1853

Figs 8–10 View Figs 8–13. 8–10

Dilychnia basalis Motschulsky, 1853: 30 .

Type material examined

Syntype FRENCH GUYANA • sex undetermined; “basalis ,, M. Par. Cayn.” // “Typ” // “ Dilychnia ,, basalis,, Motsch.” [E. Olivier handwriting] // “Guyana.”; ZIN.

Preservation status

Damaged, missing one antenna, terminalia, genitalia.

Remarks

Kazantsev & Nikitsky (2008) designated a syntype from ZMMU. Here we designate a second syntype. Motschulsky (1853: 30) described Dilychnia and only listed Dilychnia basalis in the publication, without providing a separate description for the species. A description for Dilychnia basalis was given by Motschulsky in a later publication (1854a: 7). Rendering D. basalis invalid would threaten the stability of this genus, since no other species were listed by the author. However, the article 12.2.6 of the International Code for Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999) ensures combined descriptions for monotypic genera and their respective species described before 1961. Therefore, by the provisions of article 12.2.6, the publication date of Dilychnia basalis is 1853, and not 1854 as given in Vaz et al. (2020).

Current status

Synonym of Dilychnia guttula (Fabricius, 1801) .

ZIN

Russia, St. Petersburg, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute

ZIN

Russian Academy of Sciences, Zoological Institute, Zoological Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Dilychnia

Loc

Dilychnia basalis Motschulsky, 1853

Lima, William, Moseyko, Alexey G. & Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da 2024
2024
Loc

Dilychnia basalis

Motschulsky V. I. 1853: 30
1853
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