A catalogue and redescription of type specimens of fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae) deposited in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden
Author
Jusoh, Wan F. A.
0000-0002-2995-8429
School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor, Malaysia
Author
Ballantyne, Lesley
0000-0002-2029-3918
School of Agricultural, Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia
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Luciola
Laporte, 1833
sensu stricto
Luciola
Laporte
s. str.
(
sensu
Ballantyne and Lambkin 2013: 64
).
Luciola
Laporte 1833: 146
.
Lacordaire 1857: 335
.
Motschulsky 1853: 52
.
Gorham 1880: 99
.
Olivier 1902: 69
;
1907: 50
.
Lea 1909: 106
.
Ballantyne and Lambkin 2013: 64
.
Yiu 2012: 92
;
2017: 92
.
Fu 2014: 23
.
Type species.
to be determined (see
Bouchard et al. 2024
).
Luciola
(
Luciola
) Laporte.
McDermott 1966: 103
(Partim)
. Nec
Calder 1998: 178
.
Bourgeoisia
Olivier.
Olivier 1908: 17
;
1911 c
: 102
.
McDermott 1966: 117
.
Deheyn and Ballantyne 2009: 47
.
Ballantyne and Lambkin 2013: 64
.
Type species:
Luciola antipodum
Bourgeois
designated by
McDermott 1966
.
See
Ballantyne et al. (2022: 42)
and
Bouchard et al. (2024: 302–303)
for explanation and definition of this category.
McDermott (1966: 98)
incorrectly listed
Luciola pedemontana
Motschulsky
designated by
Motschulsky (1853)
. Ballantyne, Jusoh and others are undertaking a review of the correct type species for this genus (
Keller and Ballantyne 2023
;
Bouchard et al. 2024
). Key to species of
Luciola
s. str
: The key to both males and females in
Ballantyne et al. (2019: 87)
did not accommodate species having pale marginal elytral markings, and
Luciola laticollis
was listed there under
Luciola
sensu lato
.