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 1 188 journal article 1175­5334 Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909 ( Fig. 122 ) Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909:111 ; 1921a:197 ; 1929:345 . Olivier, 1910b:46 . Tillyard, 1926:212 . Ballantyne In Calder, 1998:177 (comb. rev). Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:29 ; 2001:364, 2006:30. Luciola (Luciola) brevis (Lea) . McDermott, 1966: 100 . Lectotype . Male. AUSTRALIA : 17.16S , 145.29E , Atherton , designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000 ( SAM ). Diagnosis. One of six Australian species with striped elytra; Ballantyne & Lambkin (2000:29) distinguished brevis by a combination of characters including the convex–sided elytra, the poorly developed mouthparts and the acutely margined frons–vertex junction. Female, larva not associated.