Pteroplatus metallicus, (Nonfried, 1894)

GRZYMALA, TRACI L. & MILLER, KELLY B., 2013, Taxonomic Revision and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus Elytroleptus Dugés (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini), Zootaxa 3659 (1), pp. 1-62 : 46

Elytroleptus ? metallicus ( Nonfried, 1894) , Incertae Sedis

Pteroplatus metallicus Nonfried, 1894: 140 .

Elytroleptus metallicus ; Aurivillius, 1912: 456; Blackwelder, 1946: 588; Linsley, 1961b: 15 (incertae sedis); Chemsak & Linsley, 1982: 57; Chemsak et al., 1992: 83; Monné & Giesbert, 1995: 148; Turnbow et al., 2003: 17; Monné, 2005: 605.

The species Pteroplatus metallicus was described by Nonfried (1894) based upon a single Honduran cerambycid specimen. Aurivillius (1912) transferred the specimen to the genus Elytroleptus where it remained until Linsley (1961b) re-evaluated the original description. Linsley (1961b) could not locate the type specimen and stated that E. metallicus was incertae sedis as it did not fit into either Pteroplatus or Elytroleptus based on the original description (the elytra are described as transversely reticulate, a condition not present in any species currently placed in Elytroleptus ). Attempts were made in this revision to locate the type specimen by searching for Nonfried's material at German institutions. Several curators and collections managers stated that according to Horn and Kahle (1937), Nonfried's material was distributed to numerous collectors and institutions via the insect dealer H. Rolle. The type was not located and the species is not treated further in this work.