Psilocladus Blanchard, 1846

Vaz, Stephanie, Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima da & Rosa, Simone Policena, 2020, Morphology and life cycle of a new species of Psilocladus Blanchard, 1846 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Psilocladinae), the first known bromeliad-inhabiting firefly, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (24), pp. 1-15 : 2

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.24

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7863784D-C29C-47AC-B52A-317234626D39

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4985984

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6B0087EE-FFD2-FFA8-FC67-FA297293F7F0

treatment provided by

Carolina

scientific name

Psilocladus Blanchard, 1846
status

 

Psilocladus Blanchard, 1846 View in CoL

Type species: Psilocladus miltoderus Blanchard, 1846 View in CoL , by monotypy.

Key to males of Psilocladus species in Southeastern Brazil

1 Sterna VI and VII lacking lanterns (Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, São Paulo) .............................................. Psilocladus sigillatus Olivier,1907 View in CoL

1’ Sterna VI and VII bearing lanterns..........................................................2

2 Sternum VI with lanterns as two rounded spots (Rio de Janeiro)............. ........................................................... Psilocladus grandis Olivier,1888 View in CoL

2’ Sternum VI with lanterns entire.............................................................3

3 Pronotum with sides almost straight,yellow with a black to dark-brown longitudinal stripe on median region (Rio de Janeiro) ......................... ........................................................... Psilocladus pulcher Olivier,1885 View in CoL

3’ Pronotum with sides divergent posteriad, entirely yellow, without a black to dark-brown longitudinal stripe (São Paulo)............................ ..................................................................... Psilocladus costae View in CoL sp.nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

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