Pempheres trilineata Pascoe, 1871

Pempheres trilineata Pascoe, 1871 View in CoL ( Figs. 2A View Fig ; 3D View Fig ; 4D View Fig )

Diagnosis: Pronotum with lateral stripe straight, space between longitudinal stripes without spotted scales; elytra with distinct longitudinal lateral stripe, with lateral stripe continuous, medial stripe uniform in width along entire length; scales whitish.

Types: Lectotype: 1 ñ, Type [red circular label, print] // Batchian [blue oval label, hand writing] // Pempheres / trilineata / Pasc [white rectangular label, hand writing] // Pascoe Coll. / 93–60 [white rectangular lab el, p r in t] // N H M U K 0 1 5 0 0 9 7 3 4 (N H M U K). Paralectotypes: 1 ò, Morty [blue oval label, hand writing] // Pascoe Coll. / 93–60 [white rectangular label, print] // NHMUK015014006 (NHMUK); 1 ò, Amboyna [blue oval label, hand writing] // Pempheres / trilineata Pasc [white rectangular label, hand writing] // Pascoe Coll. / 93–60 [white rectangular label, print] // NHMUK015014005 (NHMUK).

Distribution: Maluku Islands, Indonesia ( Pascoe 1871).

Remark: Pascoe (1871) did not explicitly designate a primary type in the original description, resulting in all specimens used for the description being considered syntypes with equal nomenclatural status. The exact number of specimens used for the species description was not specified, but he mentioned that the specimens were collected from three localities: “ Hab. Batchian, Morty, Amboyna.” There are three such specimens in his collection at NHMUK, recognized as the syntypes. To establish a definitive, name-bearing type for P. trilineata , we designate the female syntype from Batchian (labeled “type”), which closely matches Pascoe’s description, as the lectotype of P. trilineata . The other two male specimens from the type series are designated as paralectotypes.