Photinus cinctellus Motschulsky

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 : 123

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5266927
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scientific name	Photinus cinctellus Motschulsky
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Photinus cinctellus Motschulsky View in CoL

Photinus cinctellus Motschulsky 1854:36 View in CoL . Lacordaire 1857:322. McDermott 1966:37. Powell 1965:88.

Type not examined.

Remarks. Ballantyne as Powell (1965) recorded 9 specimens (6 males) from Lae. McDermott identified these as Photinus cinctellus and considered that mislabelling should be considered. No such specimens have been collected since.

References

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).

Motschulsky, V. de (1854) Lampyrides. Etudes Entomologiques, III, 47 - 62.

Powell, L. A. (1965) First record of the genus Photinus Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from New Guinea. Journal of the Entomological Society of Queensland, 4, 88 - 89.