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
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Medeopteryx amilae
(Satô)
comb. nov.
Pteroptyx amilae
Satô, 1976: 1
.
Ballantyne
et al.
2011:10
.
Holotype
.
Male.
PHILIPPINES
:
9.52N
,
123.35E
Cebu
Island
,
Argao
,
62 km
S of
Cebu
City
,
10.x.1968
, (Yokosuka City Museum, Japan).
Diagnosis.
With orange pronotum and dark brown elytra; without flashing data; very similar to
M. effulgens
and
M. fulminea
,
(both of which have associated flashing data), distinguished from
M. effulgens
by the brown head, and from
M. fulminea
by its distribution in the
Philippines
.
Remarks.
Previously it was considered that bent-winged fireflies without the MFC were restricted to New
Guinea
and northern
Australia
(
Ballantyne, 1987a
).
M. amilae
is the first species without the comb recorded west of the island of New
Guinea
.
The head colour between the eyes of the
holotype
as interpreted by LB is medium brown (Satô described it as yellow orange). This colour is characteristic of
M. fulminea
which is retained because it is based on Behaviour Voucher specimens where accurate light patterns are related to individual specimens. No such data is available for
M. amilae
.