Pyrogaster telephorinus, Perty, 1830

Silveira, Luiz F L, Khattar, Gabriel, Vaz, Stephanie, Wilson, Vinicius A., Souto, Paula M., Mermudes, José R. M., Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F., Macedo, Margarete V. & Monteiro, Ricardo F., 2020, Natural history of the fireflies of the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro) - one of the ‘ hottest’ firefly spots on Earth, with a key to genera (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Journal of Natural History 54 (5 - 6), pp. 275-308 : 302

P. telephorinus Perty, 1830 ( Figure 5 N )

Differential diagnosis. Dorsal colour pattern variable, but generally overall dark-brown to brown, pronotal disc sometimes, with outer borders yellow, with paired orangish vittae, sometimes medially fused, elytron sometimes with longitudinal yellow stripes and/or a median transverse stripes. Elytra elliptical. Females with rounded lanterns on sterna VI and VII, the latter sometimes evanescent.

Figures

Figure 5. Diversity of Photurinae fireflies of the Serrados Órgãos.A –Bicellonycha albilatera, B – Bicellonycha tenuicornis, C – Photuris velox, D – Photuris elliptica, E – Photuris femoralis (modified from Souto et al. 2019), F – Photuris lugubris, G – Pyrogaster moestus, H – Pyrogaster lunifer, I – Pyrogaster vestitus, J – Pyrogaster elongatior, K – Pyrogaster aureus, L – Pyrogaster angustatus, M – Pyrogaster nigrolineatus, N – Pyrogaster telephorinus, O – Pyrogaster margipallens, P – Pyrogaster atrocinctus, Q – Pyrogaster coxalis. Scale bar:2 mm.