Nyctophanes bremei 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 : 43

Nyctophanes bremei Motschulsky, 1854a

Figs 65–67

Nyctophanes bremei Motschulsky, 1854a: 13 .

Type material examined

Syntype BRAZIL • ♀; “Bremei,, Bresil Deyrolle” // “Typ” // “ Aspisoma ,, Bremei,, M.” [E. Olivier handwriting] // “Cayenn.”; ZIN .

Preservation status

Fairly well-preserved, missing one elytron.

Remarks

Motschulsky (1854) listed Deyrolle as the source of the specimen from Santa Catarina, Brazil. The type specimen analysed here has a label saying “ Brazil Bremei Deyrolle”. However, it has another label saying “Cayenn.”. Because of the confusion with the labels, we decided to interpret this specimen as a syntype. We also note that McDermott (1966) misspelled the species name as Aspisoma bremeri , which should be considered a lapsus calami and not an available name.

Current status

Aspisoma bremei ( Motschulsky, 1854a) .

Figures

Figs 62–67. 62–64. Nyctophanes bisignata Motschulsky, 1854a, holotype, ♀. 62. Habitus, dorsal view. 63. Habitus, ventral view. 64. Labels. 65-67. Nyctophanes bremei Motschulsky, 1854a, syntype, ♀. 65. Habitus, dorsal view. 66. Habitus, ventral view. 67. Labels.