Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera
Author
Ballantyne, Lesley A.
lballantyne@csu.edu.au
Author
Lambkin, Christine L.
lballantyne@csu.edu.au
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-05-22
3653
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1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
1175-5326
5265340
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Medeopteryx torricelliensis
(Ballantyne)
comb. nov.
[
Fig. 183
]
Pteroptyx torricelliensis
Ballantyne
, in
Ballantyne & McLean, 1970:258
.
Holotype
.
Male.
NEW
GUINEA
:
West Sepik Pr.
,
3.23S
,
142.14E
.
Torricelli Mountains
,
Mokai Village
,
750m
, i.1.1959 (
BPBM
).
Diagnosis.
Moderately large (
10–11mm
long); pronotum and MS reddish orange, MN brown medially, orange laterally; elytra black; most similar to
Medeopteryx antennata
,
distinguished by the uniformly dark antennae, the nature of the posterior margin of V7 (
Ballantyne & McLean 1970
Fig. 14
), and its restricted distribution.
Remarks.
This distinctive species is known only from the
two specimens
originally described and an additional specimen listed here.