Australoluciola orapallida (Ballantyne), 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 : 58

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72A07BC6-AEB0-4EBC-AFA8-F5871065680F
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5266822
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E46FF216-5E3B-C574-FF6F-BCA1FD69E863
treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-25 02:01:40, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 18:34:06)
scientific name	Australoluciola orapallida (Ballantyne)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Australoluciola orapallida (Ballantyne) View in CoL comb. nov.

Luciola (Luciola) orapallida Ballantyne. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000:67 .

Holotype. Male. QUEENSLAND: 13.57S, 143.12E, Cape York Peninsula, east coast, Silver Plains : Massey River , 12.xii.1964, salt-water couch, L. Powell ( QMBA T62935). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. Male 6.0– 7.2 mm long; similar to Aus. australis (F.) and Aus. flavicollis (Macleay) , distinguished by the broad pale lateral bands on the elytra, the pale colour of the venter and the outline of V7, and the narrow, widely separated aedeagal LL. Female macropterous, coloured as for male. Presumed larva similar to that of Aus. australis ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000 Fig. 22b View FIGURES 18–25 ).

References

Ballantyne, L. A. & Lambkin, C. (2000) Lampyridae of Australia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 46 (1), 15 - 93.

Figures

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.