Telephoroides fruticola Motschulsky, 1854b

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 : 51

Telephoroides fruticola Motschulsky, 1854b

Figs 98–100

Telephoroides fruticola Motschulsky, 1854b: 60 .

Type material examined

Paralectotype (designated here) ARGENTINA • ♂; “ Photuris ,, fulvipes,, Blanch..” [E. Olivier handwriting]// “typ”// “fruticola ,, Eschsh. Bras.” // “ Buenos Ayres ”; ZIN.

Preservation status

Head fallen from thorax, lacking one of the protarsus and one mesoleg.

Remarks

Kazantsev & Nikitsky (2008) designated a lectotype from ZMMU. Therefore the ZIN specimen is a paralectotype. Motschulsky listed Eschscholtz as the provider of specimens for this species.

Current status

Photuris fruticola ( Motschulsky, 1854b) is a junior synonym of Photuris femoralis Curtis, 1839 (senior synonym). Other junior synonyms of the latter are Photuris fulvipes (Blanchard, 1845) , Photuris occidentalis ( Motschulsky, 1854b) , Photuris pallida ( Motschulsky, 1854b) , and Photuris trivialis Boheman, 1858 .

Figures

Figs 98–103. 98–100. Telephoroides fruticola Motschulsky, 1854b, paralectotype, ♂. 98. Habitus, dorsal view.99. Habitus, ventral view.100. Labels.101–103. Telephoroides lineatocollis Motschulsky, 1854b, lectotype, ♂. 101. Habitus, dorsal view. 102. Habitus, ventral view. 103. Labels.