Four new species of Luciuranus fireflies from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Author
Da Silveira, Luiz F. L.
Author
Souto, Paula M.
Author
Mermudes, J. R. M.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-04-20
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journal article
30224
10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.7
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Key to
Luciuranus
species (males only)
1 - Pygidium up to
2x
longer than sternum VIII greatest length (
Fig. 12
)............................................ 2
1’- Pygidium at least
3x
longer than sternum VIII greatest length (
Fig. 68
)........................................... 4
2 - Eye big (slightly narrower than distance between eyes), pygidium with median third sinuose (
Figs. 6, 10
) (Serra da Man- tiqueira Mountain Range).............................................................
L. magnoculus
sp. nov.
2’- Eye small (half as wide as distance between eyes), pygidium with median third rounded (
Figs. 34, 38
) (Serra do Mar Mountain Range: Serra dos Órgãos Massif)......................................................................... 3
3 - Sternum IX with apices truncate, arms with internal margins subparallel; parameres with stout basal projections fused medially (
Figs. 43, 44
) (Serra do Mar Mountain Range: Serra dos Órgãos Massif)........................
L. desideratus
sp. nov.
3’- Sternum IX with apices acute, arms with internal margins divergent posterad, stout basal projections touching basally (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Fig. 33
)...............................................
L. josephi
Silveira, Khattar & Mermudes, 2016
4 - Pygidial groove present (
Figs. 67, 68
)..................................................................... 5
4’- Pygidial groove absent (
Figs. 84–85
) (Serra do Mar Mountain Range: Tijuca Massif)..........
Luciuranus carioca
sp. nov.
5 - Lateral margins of pygidium subparallel, with a medial subquadrate projection (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Figs. 52–54
) (Serra dos Órgãos Mountain Range)...............................
Luciuranus jameshooki
Silveira, Khattar & Mermudes, 2016
5’- Lateral margins of pygidium strongly convergent posterad (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Figs. 73–75
).......................... 6
6 - Arms of sternum IX slightly asymmetric in length, symmetric in apical width (
Figs. 69–71
).....
Luciuranus takiyae
sp. nov.
6’- Arms of sternum IX strongly asymmetric in length and apical width (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Figs. 78
,
98
).................. 7
7 - Elytra dark-brown, but lateral margins distinctly pale yellow; left half of sternum IX longer than right in ventral view; pygidial keels symmetrical and convergent posterad, subapically indented in lateral view (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Figs. 67
,
78, 73–75
, respectively) (Serra da Mantiqueira Mountain Range)............
Luciuranus sinistrus
Silveira, Khattar & Mermudes, 2016
7’- Elytra entirely dark-brown, right half of sternum IX longer than left in ventral view; pygidial keels asymmetrical and elliptic ventrad, somewhat straight or sinuose in lateral view (Silveira
et al.
2016:
Figs. 87
,
98, 94
, respectively) (Serra da Mantiqueira Mountain Range)..........................................
Luciuranus dextrus
Silveira, Khattar & Mermudes, 2016