Pyrophorus mellitus, Ferreira, Vinicius De Souza, 2015

Ferreira, Vinicius De Souza, 2015, An annotated catalogue of the type material of Elateroidea Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera) deposited in the Coleoptera collection of the Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 263-310 : 300

Pyrophorus mellitus Costa, 1972: 210

Paratype: 1 ♂. Santa Lucia, G. A. Ramage, June. 1889, 97–97; Fonde Sa Sques, April 1889; [on red] Paratype; [on red] Pyrophorus mellitus sp. n. parátipo, C. Costa det. 1970.

Conservation status: Good condition; genitalia glued on transparent card under specimen. Paratypes: 3 ♂. Santa Lucia, G. A. Ramage, June. 1889, 97–67; Fonde Sa Sques, April 1889; [on red] Paratype; [on red] Pyrophorus mellitus sp. n. parátipo, C. Costa det. 1970.

Conservation status: Idem.

Paratype: 1 ♂. Santa Lucia, G. A. Ramage, June. 1889, 97–67; Fonde Sa Sques, April 1889; ♂; [on red] Paratype; [on red] Pyrophorus mellitus sp. n. parátipo, C. Costa det. 1970.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 ♂. Museum Paris, Antilles, Saint Lucie, Bonnecour, 1851; ♂; [on red] Paratype; [on red] Pyrophorus mellitus sp. n. parátipo, C. Costa det. 1970.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 ♂. St. Lucia (Mém. foreset) April, 1956, H. E. Box; Pres, by Com. Inst. Ent. B. M. 1948–146; BM; ♂; [on red] Paratype; [on red] Pyrophorus mellitus sp. n. parátipo, C. Costa det. 1970.

Conservation status: Good condition.