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 olivieri
Lea, 1915
(
Figs 128, 129
)
Atyphella olivieri
Lea, 1915:494
;
1921a:197
;
1921c:7
. Ballantyne in
Calder, 1998:177
(comb. rev.).
Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:48
, 2001:364, 2006:30.
Atyphella Olivieri
Lea.
Olivier 1910b:47
;
1911:172
.
Luciola (Luciola) oliveris
(Lea)
.
McDermott, 1964:16
. Unnecessary
Nom. Nov.
Luciola (Luciola) olivierius
(Lea)
.
McDermott, 1966:110
. Unnecessary name change or probable misspelling for
L. oliveris
McDermott 1964
.
Lectotype
.
Male.
AUSTRALIA
:
Cairns
, designated by
Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000
(
QM
).
Diagnosis
. Known from its conspicuous dorsal colouration; pronotum very pale cream with median dark mark; elytra dark brown with broad cream lateral, sutural and apical borders. Female macropterous coloured as for male.
Ballantyne and Lambkin (2000:50)
described larvae taken in the vicinity of flying males.