Pacifica salomonis (Olivier), 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 : 99

publication ID

https://dx.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.5266891

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scientific name

Pacifica salomonis (Olivier)
status

comb. nov.

Pacifica salomonis (Olivier) comb. nov.

Atyphella salomonis Olivier, 1911a:172 .

Pygatyphella salomonis (Olivier) . ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009 Figs 417–439)

Nec Atyphella salomonis var. limbatipennis Pic, 1911:165 . Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 100.

Nec Luciola (Luciola) salomonis var. limbatipennis Pic. McDermott, 1966:112 . Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 100.

Holotype. Male. SOLOMON ISLANDS. ( NHML).

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other similarly coloured Solomon Island species by the retracted LO in V7, the arched posterior area of V7. Distinguished from Pac. limbatipennis by the pale lateral elytral margins, and narrower and apically pointed teeth on the ML in the latter (see Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009, Tables 8, 9 for comparisons).

Ballantyne, L. A. & Lambkin, C. L. (2009) Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).

McDermott, F. A. (1966) Lampyridae Pars. 9. Coleopterorum Catalogus (Junk-Schenkling) (Ed. Sec), 1 - 149 (Luciolini, 98 - 118).

Olivier, E. (1911 a) Le genre Atyphella Oll. et descriptions d'especes nouvelles (Col. Lampyridae). Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique de France, 8, 171 - 175.

Pic, M. (1911) Coleopteres exotiques ou peu connus. L'Echange Revue Lineenne, 27, 165.

NHML

Natural History Museum, Tripoli

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Pacifica