Pyroptesis gilvus Costa, 1975c: 2

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 : 301

Pyroptesis gilvus Costa, 1975c: 2

Holotype: 1 ♂. [on red] Holótipo; Brasil, S. Paulo, Salesópolis—Boracéia, 12–14.XI.1969, C. Costa col.; [on red] Pyroptesis gilvus sp. nov., holótipo, C. Costa det. 1974.

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

Additional notes: The larva of the holotype was reared in laboratory. The last larval and pupal instars are deposited at CIC under registration number 10.083.

Paratype: 1 ♀. Est. Biol. Boraceia, Salesópolis—S.P., 12.II.1963, L. Silva & H. Reichardt col.; [on red] Pyroptesis gilvus sp. nov., parátipo, C. Costa det. 1974.

Conservation status: Good condition; genitalia and last abdominal segments glued on transparent card under specimen.