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
1
1
162
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
1175-5326
5265340
72A07BC6-AEB0-4EBC-AFA8-F5871065680F
Medeopteryx hanedai
(Ballantyne)
comb. nov.
Pteroptyx hanedai
Ballantyne
, in
Ballantyne & McLean, 1970:259
.
Holotype
.
Male.
NEW
GUINEA
:
144.44E
,
5,51S
Star Mountains
,
Sibil Valley
(
BPBM
).
Other specimens examined. NEW
GUINEA
:
143.00E
,
9.00S
,
Western Pr.
,
Fly River
,
Losobip
,
400–600 m
,
viii. 1969
, JS, male,
2 females
(
BPBM
)
.
Diagnosis.
5.9–6.2 mm
long; distinguished from all other
Medeopteryx
by the median dark marking on the pronotum. (Characters of terminal abdomen not determined).
Remarks.
Luciola aspera
Olivier
, described from a female, has median dark pronotal markings similar to
M.
hanedai
; however males without deflexed elytral apices are assigned to
aspera
which is transferred to
Australoluciola
gen. nov.
The Fly River male is the only representative of this species from other than the Sibil Mountains and the specimens may not be conspecific.