Australoluciola flavicollis (Macleay) Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013

Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2013, Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera, Zootaxa 3653 (1), pp. 1-162 : 50

Australoluciola flavicollis (Macleay) comb. nov.

[ Figs 45–55 ]

Luciola flavicollis Macleay, 1872:263 . Masters, 1886:289. Olliff, 1890:653. Olivier, 1902:79; 1907:52; 1910b:42. Lea,

1909:109; 1921a:197; 1921b:65. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000:60; 2009:21. Nec Armitage, 1908:28. Luciola (Luciola) flavicollis Macleay. McDermott, 1966:104 . Calder, 1998:179. Luciola Gestroi Olivier, 1885:366 ; 1902:79; 1907:52; 1910b:42; 1913b:417 (Synonymy). Masters, 1886:289. McDermott,

1966:104. [ Fig. 47 ]. Luciola gestroi Olivier, 1909b :lxxxi. Lea, 1909:109. (Synonymy). Luciola coarcticollis Olivier, 1888:59 ; 1902:76; 1907:51; 1909b:lxxxi; 1910b:42. Lea, 1909:109 (Synonymy). [ Fig. 46 ]. Luciola flavicollis var. coarcticollis Olivier. McDermott, 1966:104 (Synonymy) . Nec Luciola gestroi var. nigra Olivier, 1885:366 . McDermott, 1966:104.

Holotype. Male AUSTRALIA: Queensland: 25.37 S, 151.37E, Gayndah ( AMSA).

Other specimens examined. AUSTRALIA: Queensland, 13.59S, 143.33E Silver Plains Homestead, J. L. Wassell 1.iv.1960 6 females ( ANIC) .

Diagnosis. Males small (4.5–6.5 mm long); pronotum orange; elytra light or dark brown, always with some paler yellow or orange markings along sides or across base ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000 Fig. 19 ; Fig. 45 ); ventral body very dark brown to black except for pale yellow prothorax, yellow areas of legs, and white LO which is restricted to a median basal area in V7 ( Fig. 48 ); MPP of V7 prolonged, sub-parallel-sided or with sides tapering posteriorly, and apically emarginate; posterolateral corners of V7 rounded, not projecting ( Fig. 48 ); aedeagus with relatively short and wide anterior prolongation of ML; lateral margins of LL straight, not expanded in apical ½ ( Figs 49–51 ); aedeagal sheath ( Fig. 52, 53 ). Female macropterous, coloured as for male except pale LO in V6 only; two wide pairs of plates in bursa, anterior pair with internal ridge ( Figs 54, 55 ). Larva similar to that of Aus.nigra , distinguished by the arrangement of tubercles on the dorsum ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000 Fig. 22 c ).

Figures

FIGURES 45–55. Australoluciola spp. 45, 54, 55 Australoluciola flavicollis, male 45, female 54, 55 (ANIC). 46 Luciola coarcticollis type male (MNHN). 47 Luciola gestroi type male (MNHN). 45–47 dorsal; 48 ventral V4–7 and T8; 49–51 aedeagus left lateral (49), ventral (50) and dorsal; 52, 53 aedeagal sheath with aedeagus ventral (52) and dorsal; 54, 55 female bursa from side (54) and beneath (55). Figure legends: 2 posterior plates; 3 anterior plates. These figures share scale lines:49– 51; 52, 53.

FIGURES 18–25. Australoluciola aspera, type female (18), Wewak male NHML 19–25. 18, 19 dorsal; 20, 21 ventral (21 abdomen only); 22–24 aedeagus dorsal (22), right lateral (23) and ventral (lateral projections of LL arrowed in 24); 25 pronotum dorsal. These figures share scale lines: 19, 20; 22–24.