Amydetes fucata 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 : 29

Amydetes fucata Motschulsky, 1854b

Figs 1–4

Amydetes fucata Motschulsky, 1854b: 25 .

Type material examined

Holotype BRAZIL • ♂; “fucatus Motsch ,, Brisil [sic]”; ZIN.

Preservation status

One antenna missing, elytra damaged, abdomen missing, otherwise well-preserved.

Remarks

Motschulsky listed Deyrolle, a famous insect dealer of the 19 th century (e.g., Deyrolle 1879), as the source of the specimen, from Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Current status

Amydetes fucatus Motschulsky, 1854b .

Figures

Figs 1–7. 1–4. Amydetes fucatus Motschulsky, 1854b, holotype, ♂. 1. Habitus, dorsal view. 2. Habitus, ventral view. 3. Antenna, lateral view. 4. Labels. 5–7. Bicellonycha lividipennis Motschulsky, 1854b, lectotype, ♂. 5. Habitus, dorsal view. 6. Habitus, ventral view. 7. Labels.