Luciuranus carioca, Da Silveira & Souto & Mermudes, 2018

Da Silveira, Luiz F. L., Souto, Paula M. & Mermudes, J. R. M., 2018, Four new species of Luciuranus fireflies from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zootaxa 4413 (1), pp. 173-186 : 181-185

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8C6FC14-7D26-4B48-8791-FD280FA14CCC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5956936

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2B422-FFFB-117D-FF02-FA32FD686E48

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Plazi

scientific name

Luciuranus carioca
status

sp. nov.

Luciuranus carioca View in CoL sp. nov. Silveira, Souto & Mermudes 2016

( Figs 75–102 View FIGURES 75–91 View FIGURES92–102 )

Diagnosis. Elytron entirely dark-brown ( Figs. 75 View FIGURES 75–91 , 92 View FIGURES92–102 ). Male with eye small (half as wide as distance between eyes) ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 75–91 ); pygidium 3.5x longer than sternum VIII greatest length, with lateral margins slightly convergent posteriad, posterior margin with median third rounded, ventral keels absent ( Figs. 83–85 View FIGURES 75–91 ); arms of sternum IX lacking stout subapical setae, subparallel, apices rounded, right arm slightly longer ( Figs. 86–88 View FIGURES 75–91 ). Female with antenna moniliform, antennomere III slightly longer than pedicel ( Fig. 95 View FIGURES92–102 ); distance between antennal sockets shorter than apical maxillary palpomere width ( Fig. 96 View FIGURES92–102 ); pronotal greatest width greater than distance between posterior angles, wider than elytral humeral distance, anterior margin of pronotum rounded ( Fig. 81 View FIGURES 75–91 ); elytron moderately dehiscent ( Fig. 92 View FIGURES92–102 ), sternum VI with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES92–102 ), sternum and tergum VII connected by membrane; sternum VII as sclerotized as VIII ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES92–102 ), sternum VIII with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 101 View FIGURES92–102 ).

Description. Colour pattern ( Figs. 75–77 View FIGURES 75–91 , 92–94 View FIGURES92–102 ) overall dark brown, except by the translucent sternum VIII and outer margins of pygidium, and the yellow spots of rudimentary larval lanterns on sternum VIII. Hypomeron ventrally acute ( Fig. 80 View FIGURES 75–91 , 97 View FIGURES92–102 ).

Male. Eye small (half as wide as distance between eyes) ( Fig. 79 View FIGURES 75–91 ), shorter than head ( Fig. 80 View FIGURES 75–91 ); antennomere IV 2x longer than wide ( Fig. 78 View FIGURES 75–91 ); pronotum with lateral margins narrower than distance between elytral humeri, posterior angles obtuse ( Fig. 81 View FIGURES 75–91 ); 3.5x longer than sternum VIII greatest length, with lateral margins slightly convergent posteriad, posterior margin with median third rounded, ventral keels absent ( Figs. 83–85 View FIGURES 75–91 ); sternum VIII strongly emarginated ( Fig. 85 View FIGURES 75–91 ); sternum IX 3x longer than aedeagus, arms lacking stout subapical setae, subparallel, apices rounded, right arm slightly longer ( Figs. 86–88 View FIGURES 75–91 ); syntergite bearing a distinct transversal suture, lacking medial suture ( Fig. 86 View FIGURES 75–91 ); phallus with lateral margins biconcave, basal projections of parameres fused, then projected basally, paramere strongly curved inwards, apex rounded ( Figs. 89, 91 View FIGURES 75–91 ).

Female. Antenna moniliform, antennomere III slightly longer than pedicel ( Fig. 95 View FIGURES92–102 ); distance between antennal sockets greater than apical maxillary palpomere width ( Fig. 96 View FIGURES92–102 ); pronotal greatest width greater than distance between posterior angles, wider than elytral humeral distance, anterior margin of pronotum rounded ( Fig. 98 View FIGURES92–102 ); elytron moderately dehiscent ( Fig. 92 View FIGURES92–102 ), sternum VI with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 99 View FIGURES92–102 ), sternum and tergum VII connected by membrane; sternum VIII as sclerotized as VII, with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 99, 101 View FIGURES92–102 ); ovipositor with proximal plates separated, membranous, proximal plate as wide as long ( Fig. 102 View FIGURES92–102 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet carioca , a name in apposition, is the gentilic name for people from the city of Rio the Janeiro, where this new species was collected.

Type Material. Holotype: BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Parque Nacional da Tijuca , 22°56’58”S, 043°17’41”W, 786 m, xi.2016, male, L. Silveira & B. Clarkson leg. ( DZRJ 1620 ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: same data as holotype, x.2016, one female ( DZRJ 1621 ) GoogleMaps ; same data, one female ( DZRJ 1631 ) GoogleMaps ; same data, five males, eight females ( DZRJ 1622 ) GoogleMaps ; same data, one male, one female ( MNRJ) GoogleMaps ; same data, one male, one female ( MZSP) GoogleMaps ; same data, XI/2016 one male, 14 females ( DZRJ 1629 ) GoogleMaps .

MNRJ

Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro

MZSP

Sao Paulo, Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Luciuranus

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