Atyphella flammans Olliff, 1890

Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine, 2009, 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), Zootaxa 1997, pp. 1-188 : 44-45

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scientific name	Atyphella flammans Olliff, 1890
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Atyphella flammans Olliff, 1890 View in CoL

( Figs 125, 130, 131)

Atyphella flammans Olliff, 1980:651 View in CoL . Lea, 1909:111; 1921b: 68. Olivier, 1910b:46. Ballantyne in Calder, 1998:176 (comb. rev). Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:35, 2001:364, 2006:30.

Luciola (Luciola) flammans McDermott, 1966:104 View in CoL .

Lectotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: 20.42 S, 140.30 E, Cloncurry ( K33979 View Materials , AMS) designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:35. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The largest of the six Australian species with striped elytra (8–13 mm long); distinguished from the very similar A. flammulans Ballantyne by the number of pale interstitial lines (4) and the rounded frons-vertex junction. Female ( Figs 130, 131) with fully developed elytra and shortened hind wings (see Discussion on female aptery); coloured as for male or paler; Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2000:35 characterised the larva.

Remarks. The probability of mislabelling of the type specimen was discussed ( Ballantyne & Lambkin,

2000:35).