Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Author
Ballantyne, Lesley A.
Author
Lambkin, Christine
text
Zootaxa
2009
2009-02-04
1997
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188
journal article
11755334
Aquilonia costata
(Lea)
(
Fig. 4
)
Luciola costata
Lea, 1921b:66
.
Luciola (Luciola) costata
Lea.
McDermott, 1966:102
.
Calder, 1998:178
.
Atyphella costata
(Lea)
.
Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:31
.
Holotype
. Male.
AUSTRALIA
:
Northern Territory
:
14.44S
131.08E
,
Flora River
,
IX.1912
,
Spencer
(
MV
).
Material examined
.
AUSTRALIA
:
Northern Territory
:
14.30S
,
132.15E
,
3 km
SSW
Katherine
,
12.XI.1979
T Weir
,
2 males
(
ANIC
)
.
Diagnosis
. Males
7.7–9.7 mm
long; the only reliably recorded Australian firefly with dorsal yellow/ orange colouration and black elytral apices.
Luciola dejeani
Gemminger
has similar colouration but is probably not Australian and appears close to
Luciola chinensis
(
Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:59
)
. Larvae unknown.