Pseudolychnuris suturalis Motschulsky, 1854a

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 : 47

Pseudolychnuris suturalis Motschulsky, 1854a

Figs 80–82

Pseudolychnuris suturalis Motschulsky, 1854a: 9 .

Type material examined

Lectotype (designated here) COLOMBIA • ♂; “suturalis ,, Motsch” // “Typ” // “Bog.” // “Pseudolych,, sutural [abruptly abbreviated]” [E. Olivier handwriting] // “ ♀ ,, ved [?] antenom.,, filiform.”; ZIN.

Preservation status

Well-preserved, except for damaged antennae.

Remarks

Kazantsev & Nikitsky (2008) found a syntype at ZMMU. The label says “ ♀ ”, but it is clearly a male. We hereby designate the ZIN specimen as a lectotype, rendering the ZMMU specimen a paralectotype.

Current status

Alychnus suturalis Motschulsky, 1854a (reviewed in Ladino-Peñuela et al., 2022).

Figures

Figs 80–85. 80–82. Pseudolychnuris suturalis Motschulsky, 1854a, lectotype, ♂. 80. Habitus, dorsal view. 81. Habitus, ventral view.82. Labels.83–85. Pseudolychnuris vittata Motschulsky, 1853, paralectotype, ♂. 83. Habitus, dorsal view. 84. Habitus, ventral view. 85. Labels.