Cleidecosta obscurus ( Costa, 1975b )

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 : 272-273

Cleidecosta obscurus ( Costa, 1975b) : 74

Holotype: 1 ♂. Pernambuco, Tapera, 1–932; 468; [on red] Holótipo; Heligmus obscurus C. Costa det. 1975, holótipo.

Conservation status: Good condition; genitalia glued on transparent card under specimen. Additional notes: The species was originally described in the genus Heligmus Candèze, 1857 , a preoccupied name, replaced by Cleidecosta Johnson (2002) .

Paratype: 1 [unknown sex]. Bolivia, Pcia. Ienillo, Buenavista II.1950, A. Martinez leg.; [on red] Holótipo; Heligmus obscurus C. Costa det. 1975, parátipo.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 [unknown sex]. Xingu, M. Grosso, BR. IX. 1955, O. VILLA BOAS; MNRJ; [on red] Holótipo; Heligmus obscurus C. Costa det. 1975, parátipo.

Conservation status: Good condition.

Paratype: 1 ♀. Guaíra (Sete Quedas)—PR—Brasil, 9–XII.1969, G.R. Kless col.; [on red] Holótipo; Heligmus obscurus C. Costa det. 1975, parátipo.

Conservation status: Good condition; abodmen glued on card under specimen; genitalia glued on transparent card under specimen.