Cleptidea aurora ( Smith, 1874 )

Cleptidea aurora ( Smith, 1874)

Cleptes aurora Smith, 1874: 452 . Lectotype ♀; designated by Kimsey (1986b: 106). BRAZIL, Amazonas: Tefé [“Ega”].

Cleptidea aurora : Mocsáry (1904), Ducke (1907), Kimsey (1981, 1986b), Kimsey and Bohart (1991), Lucena et al. (2024: 54).

Cleptes aurora var. robustior Ducke, 1913: 30 . Syntypes [not lectotype ♂]; Brazil: Faro (MZSP). Junior synonym of Cleptes aurora Smith , according to Kimsey (1986b: 314).

Ducke (1913) described Cleptes aurora var. robustior based on an unknown number of syntypes of different sizes. Kimsey (1986b) examined the “type” in MZSP without further information and synonymized Cid . a. robustior with Cid . aurora Smith, 1874 . Kimsey & Bohart (1991) reported “Type?” (question mark probably related to the sex of the type) examined in MZSP, and Lucena et al. (2024) considered the latter as the lectotype by inference of “ holotype ” designated by Kimsey & Bohart (1991), incorrectly applying Code Art. 74.6. As in the case of Ipsiura brevispina, Code Art. 74.6 precludes lectotype designation by inference of “ holotype ” because the type series was explicitly based on an unknown number of syntypes (body size specified as 7–9 mm). The intended designation of a lectotype by Lucena et al. (2024) is therefore invalid.