Ptorthodius lanei Wittmer, 1963: 415

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 : 306

Ptorthodius lanei Wittmer, 1963: 415

Holotype: 1 ♂. [on red] Holotypus; Coleção J. Lane; 8.VII.39; Ter. Amapá, Rio Amapari, J. Lane col.; Ptorthodius lanei Wittmer , det. W. Wittmer.

Conservation status: Bad condition; specimen glued on triangle by left elytra; right antenna missing. Paratype: 1 ♂. [on red] Allotypus; Coleção J. Lane; Ter. Amapá, Rio Amapari, J. Lane col.; 8.VII.39.

Conservation status: Idem.

Additional notes: Up to the present no winged female of Phengodidae has been found, so in this case, the specimen labeled as allotype must be considered a paratype of the same sex and not as a true allotype.