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<emphasis id="6D19BD3122DE427C8371126807EA9C5C" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
Olivier, 1911 a
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<emphasis id="7770E223BB58E6A1D3C2434071498720" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
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Olivier, 1911 a: 17. Olivier 1913: 55.
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.
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.
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, figs 5766.
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.
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<specimenCount id="9F44BD4C2C1A591918F6710319CBA47C" count="1" type="male">1 ♂</specimenCount>
(herein designated).
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<heading id="5C555A3CFB2E610026FFE23699EF8F60" reason="title">Type locality.</heading>
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<collectingRegion id="AB7B44B8ED87B412E131A9FBEB4FEAFF" country="Indonesia" name="Aceh">Atjeh</collectingRegion>
”.
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<heading id="10D0208D8F7C8E64FCFE30E332376692" reason="title">Material examined</heading>
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(
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specimen).
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<typeStatus id="E3E9E9EF2EBD977529B2D9CF64217738" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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(herein designated):
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: (1) “
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”; (2) “ Coll.
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”; (3) “ Pteroptyx / decolor / Ern. Oliv. ”; (4) “
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<collectionCode id="3AAE6E8A43709018E3D4BE4021955204" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" name="National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis" type="Museum">RMNH</collectionCode>
</named-content>
Leiden / ex Indo-Austr. / collection ”; (5) “
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<collectionCode id="2BAFE8F178D77EA95DA5353B46899696" country="Netherlands" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34992" name="National Museum of Natural History, Naturalis" type="Museum">RMNH</collectionCode>
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.
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” (Fig.
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).
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<heading id="6010F352CAFEDC1968403CC5C5384E9C" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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Very pale yellowish brown dorsal colouration, with elytra semi-transparent and globules of fat body showing beneath pronotal cuticle; ventral surface very pale brown, with globular fat bodies visible beneath abdominal ventrites,
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in V 6, 7 cream; labrum (partly obscured) antennae, palpi and tarsi dark brown, head between eyes yellowish brown.
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<emphasis id="DB2BFE707B25EB7A985EA8FABCFDB7BD" italics="true">P. decolor</emphasis>
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belongs to that group of
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which do not have paired lobes to either side of T 8 emargination, the deflexed elytral apices are elongated and not dimpled on the posterior margin, the posterolateral corners of V 7 are rounded and scarcely produced, and the
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of V 7 has a flat dorsal surface with a short posterior prolongation. Most similar to
<taxonomicName id="275B7C5CA287AD2C940F48427E0669BD" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valida">
<emphasis id="CF274A8884E750D603A2E073D8F14D28" italics="true">P. valida</emphasis>
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from which it is distinguished by the paler colour (
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has black elytral apices) and its occurrence in
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.
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Redescription of
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male.
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<emphasis id="FC36398EABF63121860CDA9CB1687972" bold="true" italics="true">Body length</emphasis>
(Fig.
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).
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long.
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<emphasis id="2E49EB86958D79712B073B33BE315C0D" bold="true" italics="true">Colour</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="A7D664A611410C88E5AF22C31C2F2202" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 B D</figureCitation>
). Dorsally light brownish yellow with all areas slightly semi-transparent except V 6, 7; pronotum slightly more orange yellow than elytra (Fig.
<figureCitation id="A4E070D4200B8C6D3B68135CC4D8873B" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 B</figureCitation>
);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E34AI" xlink_title="mesoscutellum">MS</abbrev>
,
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EA5AI" xlink_title="mesonotal plates">MN</abbrev>
concolourous with elytra; head between eyes pale yellow; eyes black, antennae (except for brownish orange basal ¾ of scape) and palpi dark brown; labrum (partly obscured) pale yellow with basal half brown (Fig.
<figureCitation id="0B54C688B56A286A631FFBDF4EBDA363" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 C</figureCitation>
); venter of thorax pale yellowish brown, metathorax appearing slightly mid-brown because of dehydrated, underlying muscles visible through semi-transparent cuticle; legs yellowish, legs 1 with dark brown tarsi; legs 2 incomplete; legs 3 with coxae coloured as for ventral metathorax, basal 2 tarsomeres yellow, apical 3 dark brown; deflexed elytral apices yellowish; abdomen yellowish with underlying fat bodies in V 35 visible;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EI5AI" xlink_title="light organ">LO</abbrev>
in V 6, 7 yellowish dirty cream (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="201BEE8CCB2DD727F15900ACECA6C515">
<label id="E9FB3CA6388FDB983BFFC3CB24DC8046">Figure 5.</label>
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<paragraph id="FF972720FC5282B54D16128216F49B52">
<taxonomicName id="DCF892D0EFB271BA77D9E858BC65CD84" authority="Olivier, 1911" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="105014E8F638EAF9EEB44301AFE515D6" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
Olivier, 1911
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lectotype male.
<emphasis id="2E5AF614B9CEB84B7AAE9E67BACF24E0" bold="true">A.</emphasis>
Specimen labels;
<emphasis id="885A04F881EF5CD527C476CD1DA6392E" bold="true">B.</emphasis>
Dorsal habitus;
<emphasis id="162746C0A844BE546BD2F2E9F934F595" bold="true">C.</emphasis>
Ventral anterior body including head;
<emphasis id="C5B35C13C219CD34D4628559AF7303D4" bold="true">D.</emphasis>
Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron;
<emphasis id="D88E8C8AE7881803CA98EACD0D3F4867" bold="true">E G.</emphasis>
V 7 ventral view (
<emphasis id="45B79C9C288F738CE8696711F662BF79" bold="true">E</emphasis>
), dorsal view (
<emphasis id="6547198F69D9707478EA2C70DD7BBECA" bold="true">F</emphasis>
), and
<emphasis id="A8F5D80BA992E0B68887EB0D8F942446" bold="true">G</emphasis>
posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ET6AI" xlink_title="median posterior projection ventrite 7 male only">MPP</abbrev>
of V 7 arrowed in
<emphasis id="9702FFF2A2004BEB14DB4059D73D3355" bold="true">E, G</emphasis>
).
<emphasis id="1C1D984AFAD103BBD74A3F1422B24C31" bold="true">H I.</emphasis>
T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in
<emphasis id="AC25A6BF7E203E0B34751A4370ABDEE0" bold="true">I</emphasis>
indicate position of flanges);
<emphasis id="AE155B31DE2E297C9DC7DDEF64B2054B" bold="true">J K.</emphasis>
Aedeagal sheath:
<emphasis id="5181454688CA32401D7336832BE352C6" bold="true">J</emphasis>
. Ventral view;
<emphasis id="E003CA4F2473179AEFED8446C0A3168E" bold="true">K.</emphasis>
Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in
<emphasis id="CB71E1FD7393773236BA85C880304DAF" bold="true">J</emphasis>
; widest margin of sternite arrowed in
<emphasis id="661BFC939C667CEB7D303982593AFF79" bold="true">K</emphasis>
);
<emphasis id="AA48AC59D4FF1F4F58643D0068C1704E" bold="true">L N.</emphasis>
Aedeagus:
<emphasis id="7282A3909E4503D62CFC0F676246BA73" bold="true">L.</emphasis>
Ventral view;
<emphasis id="11B087ABFBA97FB3DEACDDA3789F3D75" bold="true">M.</emphasis>
Dorsal view;
<emphasis id="1D365242E68686A8F64AC2206C0AC917" bold="true">N.</emphasis>
Right lateral (upper arrows
<emphasis id="F02D63D226A59ECD5717F0FABCF3A742" bold="true">M, N</emphasis>
anterior dorsal margin of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2ABI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
; lower arrows
<emphasis id="9CCCF3E0408B8512360CFE9FC3666C71" bold="true">M, N</emphasis>
attachment of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBBBI" xlink_title="median lobe">ML</abbrev>
to inner surface of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EFBBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
). All images are to scale, except specimen labels.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="0A05C5464493B1515EF99FECF004EA64">
<emphasis id="53F8FE303BBE92547E55C784129F7BD9" bold="true">
<emphasis id="D0BA2A3E81092945E9DD54C756B3338E" bold="true" italics="true">Pronotum</emphasis>
.
</emphasis>
With lateral margins subparallel-sided, posterior angles almost 90 °, anterolateral corners rounded obtuse.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8D4EF9EEDFBE95A4E18621509C5B8452">
<emphasis id="2CD9C1952DCAE9903DD8164EFF0C3A1F" bold="true" italics="true">Elytra</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="7A4A26F4439E4854A44DD3818F482E17" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 B, D</figureCitation>
, see arrows). Elytral deflexed apex wide, long, apically truncated; Fig.
<figureCitation id="312C916CDBF5ACA221C413107A37761D" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 D</figureCitation>
shows longitudinal groove on both deflexed areas similar to that seen in
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<emphasis id="1249640B3058E3B34F53DA5192ED640E" italics="true">P. valida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: fig. 51 stippled area;
<bibRefCitation id="FB057D2D005F65F2F715378120AB4440" author="Ballantyne and Menayah" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Raffles Bulletin of Zoology" pagination="101-109" refId="B17" refString="Ballantyne LA, Menayah R (2002) A description of larvae and redescription of adults of the firefly Pteroptyx valida Olivier in Selangor, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae), with notes on Luciolinae larvae. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 50 (1): 101109." title="A description of larvae and redescription of adults of the firefly Pteroptyx valida Olivier in Selangor, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae), with notes on Luciolinae larvae." volume="50" year="2002">Ballantyne and Menayah 2002</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 7;
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: fig. 202).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BE1BB024573FFFA1E9218AFC1E42B770">
<emphasis id="8C1F87CB3F527116231A984A804CEA5F" bold="true" italics="true">Abdomen</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="72A7CF0E25B51FCB831FD3EE85D01DC4" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 D I</figureCitation>
).
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EGDBI" xlink_title="light organ">LO</abbrev>
in V 7 bipartite, inner margins incline medially.
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKDBI" xlink_title="median posterior projection ventrite 7 male only">MPP</abbrev>
of V 7 as described for
<taxonomicName id="EE00D36198E081D9B6CA9C0EC217A16B" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valida">
<emphasis id="E4260C07E6729F84D76115368FAD27D2" italics="true">P. valida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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: figs 205209) with a slightly wider and shorter bifurcated projection from dorsal surface (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2CDD5CF7599C2C0D6E192D6C56C55933" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 E G</figureCitation>
; arrowed in Fig.
<figureCitation id="E46884FDE30149E2C03741DBAEE8AE57" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 E, G</figureCitation>
). T 8 median posterior margin emarginated, areas beside emargination slightly sinuous; posterolateral corners rounded; anterior paired prolongations wide, semi parallel-sided, with rounded apices; ventral surface with wide median groove margined by ridges running slightly obliquely from posterior margin for ⅓ length of tergite; margins elongated at anteromedial area into flanges with rounded apices (Fig.
<figureCitation id="18F6FFB71AEB36D9488F3777CC5B8FD3" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 H, I</figureCitation>
; area of flanges arrowed in Fig.
<figureCitation id="06414BFE2F21B93FBDBED721943CDACD" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 I</figureCitation>
not clearly visible).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="632EC91D0FE759C53A815B011F5E0A7D">
<emphasis id="DBB0E0B7B762CCAF8A68E98465940707" bold="true" italics="true">Aedeagal sheath</emphasis>
(Fig.
<figureCitation id="CC8D48D44E69ACCEA57F0D164F3C2353" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 J, K</figureCitation>
): elongate slender symmetrical; sheath sternite expands to its widest point where it articulates laterally with the tergite arms, then diminishes in width towards its rounded apex (Fig.
<figureCitation id="824A5CA6EF72DBDC43E0C22B616EAEB2" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 K</figureCitation>
paired oblique upper arrows indicate widest margin of sternite); sheath tergite in two sections, posterior section narrows and is apically rounded; anterior section with anterior margin deeply and evenly emarginated, extending at the sides into bulbous pieces ( paraprocts oblique arrows in Fig.
<figureCitation id="AD1FB4D29183D9C1EA772BD4219E6CC8" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Pteroptyx decolor Olivier, 1911 lectotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral anterior body including head; D. Ventral abdominal apex and apex left elytron; E G. V 7 ventral view (E), dorsal view (F), and G posterior with ventral surface uppermost (projection of tip of MPP of V 7 arrowed in E, G). H I. T 8 dorsal and ventral (oblique arrows in I indicate position of flanges); J K. Aedeagal sheath: J. Ventral view; K. Dorsal view (paraprocts arrowed in J; widest margin of sternite arrowed in K); L N. Aedeagus: L. Ventral view; M. Dorsal view; N. Right lateral (upper arrows M, N anterior dorsal margin of LL; lower arrows M, N attachment of ML to inner surface of LL). All images are to scale, except specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/contrib.entomol.74.e107520.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1073387">5 J</figureCitation>
) (Fig.
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="56961279E849D3C0D6E946BE680BC941">
<emphasis id="F7D8D8E9EE97B819EEB79C835CCD1268" bold="true" italics="true">Aedeagus</emphasis>
(Fig.
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).
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EKGBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
0.7 length of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOGBI" xlink_title="median lobe">ML</abbrev>
(distances measured along dorsal surface only from base of lateral lobes);
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESGBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
separated along their dorsal length for approximately half their length. Attachment of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWGBI" xlink_title="median lobe">ML</abbrev>
to
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E1GBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
: base of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E5GBI" xlink_title="median lobe">ML</abbrev>
wide, inner dorsal margin abuts the inner dorsal area of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ECHBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
well behind their anterior margin (Fig.
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; upper arrow Fig.
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anterior dorsal margin
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOHBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
; lower arrow area of attachment of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ESHBI" xlink_title="median lobe">ML</abbrev>
to inner surface
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EWHBI" xlink_title="lateral lobes">LL</abbrev>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0E1HBI" type="notes">
<paragraph id="E36BA26F613CB318A70D2AE7E6737C40">
<heading id="169398E2576A9BB787CD2415691509FC" reason="title">Notes.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B0BFCB31F98ADDBA0B494A436D023CC2">
In Oliviers original description, he described
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<emphasis id="92FDC71EC5825DA56B2C26FCF80F7A05" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on a male from “
<collectingRegion id="67C9A6161EE23308CC0E092B678223FB" country="Indonesia" name="Aceh">Atjeh</collectingRegion>
” and a female from “ Borneo ” (
<bibRefCitation id="E746E3D0914695405FC7DBDFF0F095A4" DOI="10.3406/bsef.1911.24878" author="Olivier E" journalOrPublisher="Tijdschrift voor Entomologie" pagination="16-20" refId="B61" refString="Olivier E (1911 a) Lampyrides et Drilide nouveax de la collection de M. Veth. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 54: 1620. https://doi.org/10.3406/bsef.1911.24878" title="Lampyrides et Drilide nouveax de la collection de M. Veth." volume="54">Olivier 1911 a</bibRefCitation>
: 17). He did not name a depository or designate a
<typeStatus id="A9644EE3E4F0E7EF9CEC15DECBA23F11" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
but mentioned that the specimens were in his collection (“ Ma coll. ”). Until now, and without any type material, the identification of specimens as
<taxonomicName id="AD1C5C36EF6ACFF38D8E890F66592EF4" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="D2D598557FC5ABA20297767916A3B4BE" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been based primarily on their locality (Borneo) and their pale dorsal colouration.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0BA411792AEF9281EB0084F3AC77AF76">
<bibRefCitation id="924ED69666796AE2085B368726DC2A05" author="Ballantyne and McLean" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pagination="223-305" refId="B16" refString="Ballantyne LA, McLean MR (1970) Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 96: 223305." title="Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini)." volume="96" year="1970">Ballantyne and McLean (1970</bibRefCitation>
: figs 8 a i) addressed a female
<typeStatus id="A5A5F897313A933EC15D212AE9444BFC" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
, and
<specimenCount id="697F6A68646B344E2FDC134FDAAA9988" count="15" type="male">15 males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="BCC70796B68D4E25AC6829F3A9074169" count="25" type="female">25 females</specimenCount>
from
<collectingCountry id="B8398963215D04B9C9AB531E3CF50136" name="Malaysia">Sarawak</collectingCountry>
. They did not recognise the significance of the “ Atjeh ” label on Oliviers male specimens and indicated the species was restricted to Borneo. The pale dorsal colouration included a pale head (between the eyes) with dark brown labrum, and dark markings at the extreme elytral apex which were not always visible from above.
<bibRefCitation id="BFA13945038F935317B4CE0D2C642515" author="Ballantyne LA" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Serangga" pagination="51-95" refId="B4" refString="Ballantyne LA (2001) The bent winged fireflies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini) Pteroptyx spp. of the Polunin collection. Serangga 6 (1): 5195." title="The bent winged fireflies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini) Pteroptyx spp. of the Polunin collection." volume="6" year="2001">Ballantyne (2001)</bibRefCitation>
examined a further
<specimenCount id="99F29D79B0247F67A7D08EF3856154C8" count="4" type="male">4 males</specimenCount>
and a female collected in Saratok by Polunin, which were otherwise consistent with those described in
<bibRefCitation id="DE9CB9949AEC6B538CBD7D40EAE98A74" author="Ballantyne LA &amp; McLean MR" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pagination="223-305" refId="B16" refString="Ballantyne LA, McLean MR (1970) Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 96: 223305." title="Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini)." volume="96" year="1970">Ballantyne and McLean (1970)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="470AD781744631DA9E5AF1C4899FB073">
<bibRefCitation id="96C0D45672CA8D260B1AF9923487C133" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1" author="Jusoh WFA &amp; Ballantyne L &amp; Lambkin CL &amp; Hashim NR &amp; Wahlberg N" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Jusoh" refId="B40" refString="Jusoh WFA, Ballantyne L, Lambkin CL, Hashim NR, Wahlberg N (2018) The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456: 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1" year="2018">Jusoh et al. (2018)</bibRefCitation>
discussed the uncertainty around the identification of this species and inadvertently permitted the conclusions we present here by the characters used in their key to males.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="0012ECF35E2B5510C8F7D1F505A2AD62">
In
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four species were characterised with well-defined lobes alongside the median posterior emargination of tergite 8 viz.
<taxonomicName id="2B2880546D8482B8E42167D194F19D37" authority="Ballantyne, 2001" authorityName="Ballantyne" authorityYear="2001" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asymmetria">
<emphasis id="AA5440B5A62F59CEFCEA5B42CCD0F642" italics="true">Pteroptyx asymmetria</emphasis>
Ballantyne, 2001
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="8075A8D2281B215BD33709A0DD2AB34F" italics="true">Pteroptyx bearni</emphasis>
Olivier, 1909
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A185EF9326AF75DC274BB1B5C9454F4A" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="11E95C6FAA50FD8A9DFDB6A9FD2EB719" italics="true">P. decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="DA8CCAB83B59A1B214576E490DB47010" authority="Olivier, 1907" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tener">
<emphasis id="8ED2DB254B631F10F6BC32303520EAE6" italics="true">Pteroptyx tener</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="423E0A0058AF17ACE5CCFB4CBB96A2CA" author="Olivier E" refId="B56" refString="Olivier E (1907) Coleoptera, Lampyridae. Genera Insectorum 53: 55." year="1907">Olivier, 1907</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
. Only
<taxonomicName id="B49D9741D64EC51513DFF414A5112E54" authorityName="Ballantyne" authorityYear="2001" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="asymmetria">
<emphasis id="0F4C49FBF616DF27E2D6242FC10E29FB" italics="true">P. asymmetria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a strongly asymmetrical posterior margin to tergite 8 (
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: figs 17, 20). Of the three remaining
<taxonomicName id="F279B197404CED0CEEF5FA94BDD87F42" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1907" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tener">
<emphasis id="4C760DC55C43E3C15D9FC1A88B46AB9B" italics="true">P. tener</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does not have the posterior margin of T 7 emarginated (it is slightly sinuous) and the posterolateral corners of V 7 are angulate and scarcely produced (
<bibRefCitation id="F705882A3ABE075E3514F1C19E38D29B" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1" author="Jusoh" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Jusoh" refId="B40" refString="Jusoh WFA, Ballantyne L, Lambkin CL, Hashim NR, Wahlberg N (2018) The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456: 1. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1" year="2018">Jusoh et al. 2018</bibRefCitation>
: figs 162165). The two remaining species “
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<emphasis id="EC2CBE22E0E9C9575EF44ECA176C171A" italics="true">P. decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” and
<taxonomicName id="0055D31E8661CEDD962101EF0E56097F" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bearni">
<emphasis id="6FC0EE782CCF114A5F8421CBCB63E7DC" italics="true">P. bearni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differ most obviously in colour (
<taxonomicName id="CEAC57F61F2F13B9DCE563B4BB57BF8C" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="6527B7D33681AF587348FA9B040A6201" italics="true">decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” was described as very pale dorsally, while
<taxonomicName id="A20BD8056E015D8B4CA143E361F07290" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bearni">
<emphasis id="4885447224B7B4067F6DBDE1FFD01D5A" italics="true">bearni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has dark elytra and pinkish orange pronotum). The outlines of V 7 and T 7 and 8 are similar, but
<taxonomicName id="FAA403E0414F33EBB34DD6493B22D72D" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="3867FC27BC6EA63EC1348073BA018CA4" italics="true">decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” has the projections to each side of the T 8 emargination broadly rounded, while in
<taxonomicName id="01677D013E4991BBA90B61020A8960F4" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bearni">
<emphasis id="05B39A6F84BD1DBED102C4F8F144DCD9" italics="true">bearni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are narrow and acute (
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: figs 3940, 44, 45, 5759, 6465).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2852A38B9481A34CC9AB99588A6D0525">
It is very probable that the following references to
<taxonomicName id="4A3F75A571656F051F5BDF4A005DFF9F" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="4C9B18C179AD30FB580D3349157AC8A6" italics="true">P. decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are a presently undescribed species:
<bibRefCitation id="0992FF0DAE344640C182A6A9C298338C" author="Ballantyne LA &amp; McLean MR" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the American Entomological Society" pagination="223-305" refId="B16" refString="Ballantyne LA, McLean MR (1970) Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 96: 223305." title="Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini)." volume="96" year="1970">Ballantyne and McLean (1970)</bibRefCitation>
reference to
<specimenCount id="6DFFAAA1296034219453F1328C35F6D3" count="15" type="male">15 males</specimenCount>
and
<specimenCount id="F7E432E80D8FE5FE05985F5D7FFEE678" count="25" type="female">25 females</specimenCount>
from
<collectingCountry id="18AD0923B08362FB2F1AFDBFD547B943" name="Malaysia">Sarawak</collectingCountry>
;
<bibRefCitation id="6F11E0369E5F61C6662428B283A1B81D" author="Ballantyne LA" firstAuthor="Ballantyne" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Serangga" pagination="51-95" refId="B4" refString="Ballantyne LA (2001) The bent winged fireflies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini) Pteroptyx spp. of the Polunin collection. Serangga 6 (1): 5195." title="The bent winged fireflies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini) Pteroptyx spp. of the Polunin collection." volume="6" year="2001">Ballantyne (2001)</bibRefCitation>
reference to
<specimenCount id="2B4BE0D6406CFA7ED3E7E723E37F84BE" count="4" type="male">4 males</specimenCount>
, female taken in Saratok. The species may be restricted to the island of Borneo and appears close to
<taxonomicName id="D9380A45148EAD5040A5E3F8CC8DE165" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1909" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bearni">
<emphasis id="46F3E87B6DCE06491F23EA8F55C06FD8" italics="true">P. bearni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differing in the broadly rounded paired projections beside the T 8 emargination.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4E7A200A9F24B6E09E7C25F452712041">
We herein designated a
<typeStatus id="978F78B37D3D28B0FF366267AAFB1FE1" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
for
<taxonomicName id="427BA723EFFBA9146172C97AF99469A1" authorityName="Olivier" authorityYear="1911" class="Insecta" family="Lampyridae" genus="Pteroptyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="decolor">
<emphasis id="D1C14A46C1C4F0FD31257DCD6087972C" italics="true">Pteroptyx decolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
to reduce the potential for confusion, especially considering previous misidentifications.
</paragraph>
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