Lloydiella wareo, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2009

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 : 65

Lloydiella wareo sp. n.

( Figs 206, 207, 211, 216, 221)

Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Madang Pr., 6.6S, 147.85E, Finschaven (sic), Wareo, L Wagner ( SAM).

Paratypes (12) PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Finschaven (sic), Wareo, L Wagner 11 males, female (missing head and pronotum) ( SAM) .

Diagnosis. Very similar to Ll. japenensis , distinguished by its locality, the narrowly separated antennal sockets, and the very narrow posterior half of the aedeagal sheath sternite.

Male. 11.0– 12.3 mm long; 4.5–5.0 mm wide; W/L 0.4. Colour ( Figs 206, 207, 211): Pronotum, MS and MN orange yellow; pronotum with very faint traces of median paired brown marks in 4/12; elytra very dark brown almost black; head and maxillary palpi dark brown, antennae and labial palpi slightly lighter brown; ventral abdomen very dark brown except for white LO; abdominal tergites dark brown, T7, 8 pale, semitransparent, T7 may be faintly mottled in middle. Pronotum: 2.0– 2.3 mm long; 3.4–3.9 mm wide; W/L 1.7; lateral margins diverge posteriorly with some slight convergence in posterior area (8/12) or diverge along their length (3/12) with one specimen having divergent left margin and convergent right margin; posterolateral corners angulate, <90°, and inclined obliquely to the median line. Elytron: 9.0–10.0 mm long; with 2 well–defined interstitial lines (1, 2). Head: GHW 2.1–2.6; SIW 0.3–0.4; SIW/GHW 0.1. Apical segment of labial palpi with 2 teeth (broad basal and more slender apical). Abdomen, ventrites ( Fig.211): MPP relatively broad, similar to that of Ll. Japenensis , with apex inclining slightly dorsally. Tergites: T8 not heavily sclerotised, lateral margins converge slightly posteriorly, posterior margin broadly rounded, ventral surface lacking median longitudinal groove. Aedeagus ( Fig. 216). Aedeagal sheath ( Fig. 221) with posterior half of sternite very narrow.

Female. Assumed capable of flight. Missing head and pronotum, otherwise coloured as for male except for very pale, whitish and semitransparent V7 and 8. Posterior margin of V7 medially shallowly emarginated, lateral areas broadly rounded; median posterior margin of V8 narrowly emarginated. T8 with lateral margins converging posteriorly and posterior margin rounded.

Larva. Not associated.

Etymology. The specific name is considered a noun in apposition reflecting the type locality.