Trisinuata minor (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 : 119

Trisinuata minor (Ballantyne) comb. nov.

Pteroptyx minor Ballantyne , in Ballantyne and McLean, 1970:261; Ballantyne, 1987a:157.

Holotype Male. NEW GUINEA: 147.24E, 9.25S, Bisianumu , east of Port Moresby, 500 m., ix.25.1955 ( BPBM).

Other specimens examined. NEW GUINEA: 146.40E, 7.22S, Edie Creek , near Wau, 1700m, 2.iv.1966, JLG, 2 males . 7.13S, 146.49E, Mt Missim , 1600–2000m, 21–24.ix.1964, M. S., male ( BPBM) .

Diagnosis. Small (ca 4.5 mm long) with elytral apex barely deflexed; pronotum orange, elytra black.

Remarks. This species is now represented in collections by five males. The elytral apices ( Ballantyne, 1987a, Fig. 6 e, f ) are swollen and bulbous and thicker than the remainder of the epipleuron, so their interpretation as "deflexed elytral apices" differs slightly from others, where the deflexed apex of the elytron is anteriorly prolonged and no thicker than the rest of the elytron.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Strict consensus tree for 61 IP analysis; consensus of 163 MPT of length 2615 from phylogenetic analysis of 61 Indo-Pacific study group taxa. New genera, new species, and still undescribed species in red, bold. Bremer supports above branches.