Luciola hypocrita Olivier

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 : 75

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Luciola hypocrita Olivier, 1888:202 ; 1902:80.

Bourgeoisia hypocrita (Olivier) . Olivier 1908:17. McDermott 1966:118. Ballantyne 1968:124. Ballantyne & McLean, 1970:234. Deheyn & Ballantyne 2009: 47. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009:Fig. 514.

Luciola nigra McDermott, 1966:110 (unnecessary new name for L. atra Pic ).

Luciola atra Pic, 1928:58 . Deheyn & Ballantyne 2009: 47.

Nec Luciola atra (G.A. Olivier). Branham, 2010 Fig. 4.15.2D.

Holotype. Male. Luciola atra Pic. FIJI: 18.00S, 178.00E labelled 1. Handwritten Luciola sp. (Olivier dit); 2 handwritten Luciola atra n s; 3 symbol; 4 printed black ink Ins. Fiji ( MNHN).

Holotype. Male. Luciola hypocrita Olivier ). Male. FIJI: 18.00 S, 178.00E labelled 1. Handwritten on pink paper Luciola hypocrita ; printed Ern. Oliv.; 2 printed SPECIMEN TYPICUM ORIGINALE AUCTORIS Ern. Olivier; 3. Handwritten Fidjie Ins. ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. Males known only from Fiji. Dark grayish dorsal colour with small posterolateral eye excavation; male LOs restricted to anterolateral plaques in V6 only; female flightless, with elytra covering much of the abdomen, coloured as for male; larvae dorsally deep grey with a tuft of fine white hairs at the apex of the tibiotarsus. Ballantyne (1968) redescribed males, and described a female and larva. Deheyn and Ballantyne (2009) characterized light production in the female and expanded the redescription of males, females and larvae. Larval characters are expanded in Table 11, Fig. 138 and Fu et al. (2012b Figs 50, 51).

Remarks. Branham’s (2010) reference to Luciola atra (G. A. Olivier) larva was misspelled and is a reference to Lucidota atra .

References

Ballantyne, L. A. (1968) Revisional Studies of Australian and Indomalayan Luciolini (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology, University of Queensland Press, II, no 6, 103 - 139.

Ballantyne, L. A. & McLean, M. R. (1970) Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 96, 223 - 305.

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).

Branham, M. A. (2010) Lampyridae in R. G. Beutel & R. A. B. Leschen eds Handbuch der Zoologie Band iv Arthropoda: Insecta, Teilband 39, Evolution and Systematics, 141 - 147. Waltyer de Gruyter. Berlin.

Deheyn, Dimitri D. & Lesley A. Ballantyne (2009) Optical characterization and redescription of the South Pacific firefly Bourgeoisia hypocrita Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa, 2129, 47 - 62.

Fu, X. H., Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C. (2012 b) The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa, 3405, 1 - 34.

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

Olivier, E. (1888) Etudes sur les Lampyrides IV. Descriptions d'especes nouvelles. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1888, 47 - 62.

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.

Olivier, E. (1908) Description d'un nouveau genre de Lampyrides (Col.). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 1908, 17 - 18.

Pic. M. (1928) Malacodermes exotiques. L'Echange Revue Lineenne, 44, 53 - 68.