The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species
Author
Ho, - Z.
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-10-18
4687
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1
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Colophotia brevis
Olivier
Figs 222−229
Colophotia brevis
Olivier 1903a: 11
;
1907: 56
;
1910a: 48
;
1913b: 55
.
Pic 1924: 712
;
1929: 3
.
Blair 1927: 45
(possible larva).
McDermott 1966: 116
.
Types.
INDONESIA
.
Sumatra
.
Holotype
male,
2 paratype males
,
5 paratype females
.
IRNSB
.
Holotype
labelled: 1.
Yellow
printed label
Sumatra
; 2.
Handwritten
det. E. Olivier; 3.
Printed
Colophotia brevis
; 4 pink label printed
Holotype
; 5. Handwritten
Colophotia brevis E. Olivier.
Paratypes
bear labels no. 1, 2, 3 with a
Paratype
label.
Other specimens examined
. Specimens are pinned unless otherwise indicated; # = specimens killed, fixed and preserved in 70% ethanol. Nada’s collection in various forest reserves has compartment numbers and transect number following in [].
MALAYSIA
.
Pahang
: Tasik Chini, Pekan, single male of
4 males
bred in laboratory from 4
th
instar larvae. In collection of Norela Suleiman.
Negeri Sembilan
: Gunung Besar Hantu,
250 m
a.s.l., B. Nada,
9.vi.2015
,
3 ♀
(
GBH
250) (
FRIM
).
Selangor
:
Gunung Nuang
,
200 m
a.s.l.
, B.
Nada
,
6.v.2015
,
♀
(
GN
200
) (
FRIM
)
.
Terengganu
:
Besul Forest Reserve
, all collection by Z.A.
Saiful-Azhari
,
Compt.
3,
12.v.2016
,
2 ♀
(
B
3 [4],
B
3 [6]);
Compt.
17,
15.viii.2016
,
♂
(
B
17 [8-9]) (
FRIM
)
.
Jengai Forest Reserve
,
Compt.
38B,
28.viii.2016
, R.S. Raja-Ahmad-Bazli,
2 ♀
(
JI
38
B
[7]);
Compt.
64,
18.viii.2016
,
S. Muhammad-Jafni
,
♂
,
Z.A. Saiful-Azhari
,
2 ♀
(
JI
64
[5]) (
FRIM
)
.
Jerangau Forest Reserve
,
Compt.
93, B.
Nada
,
9.viii.2016
,
♀
(
JU
93 [7]) (
FRIM
)
.
Diagnosis
. A relatively small species (ca 6.0 mm long) with pale brownish yellow dorsum and black elytral apices (
Figs 222−224
); ventral surfaces pale yellowish brown except for dark brown head, antennae, palpi and tibiae and tarsi of all legs, and white LOs in
V6
, 7 (
Figs 222, 223
); LO halves in
V7
very close in median line where the inner margins are subparallel sided; with a low narrow median carina with an acute ventral edge; well-developed MPP which is medianly emarginated and prolonged into short hooks which arise from the posterior margin of the MPP and are visible from below; MPP not much longer than wide, much longer than PLP which are rounded, horizontal and little produced; T8 (
Figs 226−228
) lateral margins slightly convex sided; most of posterior margin straight with small narrow and shallow median emargination; posterolateral corners not produced; median ventral trough present; flanges apically rounded both inclining towards median line. Aedeagal sheath
6x
as long as wide. Aedeagus (
Fig. 229
)
5 x
as long as wide; b/a approximately 0.3.
Remarks
. The
type
series of
C. brevis
was examined by Ballantyne prior to the discovery of the usefulness of the aedeagal sheath character, which was not investigated. No
type
males had full antennae or legs, and Ballantyne’s records of that time indicate her difficulty in interpretation of the extent of the LO in
V7
, and the size of the median carina in
V7.
This was overcome by examination of a single freshly bred male from peninsula
Malaysia
in which the antennae have FS 7−9 shortened and all legs are complete. Dissections are of this specimen.