Telephoroides occidentalis Motschulsky, 1854b
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https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2575 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C1452C13-09B5-42FB-A7F4-75A79799BEC7 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12587715 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0384023F-9515-FFD7-7D39-FBA6FAECA919 |
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Telephoroides occidentalis Motschulsky, 1854b |
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Telephoroides occidentalis Motschulsky, 1854b
Figs 104–106 View Figs 104–109. 104–106
Telephoroides occidentalis Motschulsky, 1854b: 60 .
Type material examined
Lectotype (designated here) COUNTRY UNKNOWN (original description lists French Guyana and Brazil) • ♀; “occidenta-,, lis,, Oliv.” // “ Photuris ,, fulvipes,, Blanch.” [E. Olivier handwriting]// “typ”; ZIN.
Preservation status
Well-preserved, lacking one elytron.
Remarks
Motschulsky listed “Ol.” as the provider of specimens for this species, perhaps referring to the entomologist G. Olivier. Kazantsev & Nikitsky (2008) found a female syntype at ZMMU. Here, we found another female syntype from ZIN, which we designate as a lectotype. The ZIN syntype lacks a locality label, but the original description listed French Guiana and Brazil as type localities, which match the known distribution of the species ( Souto et al. 2019).
Current status
Photuris occidentalis ( Motschulsky, 1854b) is a junior synonym of Photuris femoralis Curtis, 1839 (senior synonym). Other junior synonyms of the latter are Photuris fulvipes (Blanchard, 1845) , Photuris fruticola ( Motschulsky, 1854b) , Photuris pallida ( Motschulsky, 1854b) , and Photuris trivialis Boheman, 1858 .
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Telephoroides occidentalis Motschulsky, 1854b
Lima, William, Moseyko, Alexey G. & Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da 2024 |
Telephoroides occidentalis
Motschulsky V. I. 1854: 60 |