Abscondita, Ballantyne, Lambkin et Fu, 2013

Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4687 (1), pp. 1-174 : 27

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CE73264D-C234-4B82-A634-CAD6254C5957

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4688783

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6C3DA91C-5121-184C-FF0E-FEEEEAA41963

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scientific name

Abscondita
status

 

Key to species of Abscondita View in CoL using males

Modified from Ballantyne et al. (2013: 9)

1. Elytra uniformly dark brown ( Fig. 96 View FIGURES 96–100 ).......................................................... cerata (Olivier) Elytra View in CoL pale brownish yellow with or without apical dark area................................................... 2

2. Elytra without apical dark area; MS may be dark brown ( Fig. 97 View FIGURES 96–100 )............................................... 3 Elytra with apical dark brown area; MS pale brown (e.g. Fig. 99 View FIGURES 96–100 )............................................... 5

3. Pronotum pale without median darker markings; elytra pale greyish yellow, subparallel sided; elytral apices usually pale coloured due to accumulation of fat body; MN pale, coloured as for pronotum; MS sometimes very dark brown; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by separate paired apically rounded hairy lobes ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 19) ( Fig. 97 View FIGURES 96–100 )................................................................................................. promelaena (Walker) Pronotum usually with darker median markings; elytra pale brown, convex sided; elytral apices not paler coloured than remain- der; MN and MS uniformly mid brown; sheath sternite terminated either by separate lobes which are apically acute, or a single transverse lobe which is slightly emarginated in the middle and acute at its posterolateral corners..................... 4

4. Abdominal tergite 7, 8 almost black; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by a single transverse medially emarginated projection ( Figs 114−119 View FIGURES 114–119 )..................................................................... jerangau Nada View in CoL sp. nov. Abdominal tergite 7, 8 deep orange to dark brown; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by paired separate apically pointed lobes ( Figs 120−138 View FIGURES 120–125 View FIGURES 126–132 View FIGURES 133–138 ).............................................................. pallescens (Gorham) View in CoL comb. nov.

5. Terminal abdominal tergites pale brown or yellow........................................................... 6 Terminal abdominal tergites black........................................................................ 7

6. 10.3–12.9 mm long; basal abdominal ventrites orange yellow and devoid of dark markings ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 2) ( Figs 99, 100 View FIGURES 96–100 )................................................................................. anceyi (Olivier) View in CoL 7.8–10.7 mm long; basal abdominal ventrites with dark markings at sides ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 18)..................................................................................................... perplexa (Walker) View in CoL

7. Aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by two elongate hairy lobes ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 21); V5 usually pale coloured in middle ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES 96–100 )........................................................................ terminalis (Olivier) Aedeagal View in CoL sheath terminated by a single lobe; V5 either all black or with diffuse brown markings...................... 8

8. Aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by a wide lobe which diverges at the posterolateral corners which are either rounded or acute; ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 Fig. 10 View FIGURES 9−16 ); V5 always completely dark coloured ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 Fig. 7 View FIGURES 1−8 )... chinensis View in CoL (L.) Aedeagal sheath terminated by a single narrow lobe with narrowed acute corners which turn upwards and are not usually visible from beneath; V5 may be brown marked, or pale with darker markings at sides; V5 never very dark brown ( Figs 101−113 View FIGURES 101–107 View FIGURES 108–113 ).................................................................................. berembun Nada View in CoL sp. nov.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

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