Pacifica plagiata (Blanchard), 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://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.5266887
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treatment provided by	Felipe (2021-08-25 02:01:40, last updated by Plazi 2023-11-04 18:34:06)
scientific name	Pacifica plagiata (Blanchard)
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Pacifica plagiata (Blanchard) View in CoL comb. nov.

( Ballantyne and Lambkin 2009 Figs 397–404)

Luciola plagiata Blanchard, 1853:75 View in CoL , Fig. 15 View FIGURES 9–17 , plate v. Lacordaire, 1857:337. Olivier, 1902:85.

Luciola caledonica Bourgeois, 1884:285 View in CoL . Olivier, 1902:75. Heller, in Sarasin and Roux, 1916:243. Fauvel, 1904:139. Synonymy.

Luciola (Luciola) caledonica Bourgeois. McDermott, 1966:100 View in CoL . Synonymy.

Luciola (Luciola) plagiata Blanchard. McDermott, 1966: 111 View in CoL . Synonymy.

Pygatyphella plagiata (Blanchard) View in CoL . Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 97 View Cited Treatment .

Types. Luciola caledonica Bourgeois. View in CoL NEW CALEDONIA: Iles des Pins , not found MNHN 2002 by LB .

Luciola plagiata Blanchard. SOLOMON ISLANDS ( Ile St. George). Location of type specimens unknown .

Diagnosis. Moderate sized (6.0– 7.4 mm long); pronotum red yellow with an anterior median dark mark; elytra black; venter of body yellow; median posterior projection of V7 with rounded apex; T8 with ventrally directed flanges on long and vertically expanded anterior prolongations; MPP with dorsal ridge; T8 with short posteromedian ridge; ML of aedeagus with lateral teeth; aedeagal sheath with basal 1/3 of posterior area subparallel-sided.

References

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).

Blanchard, C. E. (1853) In Dumont-D'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage au Pole sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee. Paris, 1842 - 54. Zoologie, t. 4, 73, 74, plates V, VI.

Bourgeois, J. (1884) Dascillides et Malacodermes de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Revue D'Entomologie, III, 278 - 290.

Fauvel, A. (1904) Faune analytique des Coleopteres de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Part 2. Cantharidae 139 - 140. Revue Entomologie, 23, 113 - 208.

Lacordaire, T. (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coleopteres. Tome Quatrieme. Roret: Paris, 579 pp.

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

Olivier, E. (1902) Catalogue des especes de ' Luciola' et genres voisins decrits jusqu'a ce jour. Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France, 15, 69 - 88.

Figures

FIGURES 9–17. Australoluciola anthracina type male, Cyclops (MNHN). 9, 10 dorsal (9) and ventral; 11 V6, 7 ventral; 12 pronotum dorsal; 13 type labels; 14 aedeagal sheath ventral; 15-17 aedeagus, dorsal (15), ventral (16) and lateral. These figures share scale lines: 15–17.