Atyphella lychnus Olliff, 1890

Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine, 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), Zootaxa 1997, pp. 1-188 : 50

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6319494
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scientific name	Atyphella lychnus Olliff, 1890
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Atyphella lychnus Olliff, 1890 View in CoL

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Atyphella lychnus Olliff, 1890:647, 1297 View in CoL (female). Olivier, 1910b:47; 1911:172. Lea, 1909:111; 1921c:7. Tillyard, 1926:213. Ballantyne in Calder, 1998: 177 (comb. rev.). Ballantyne &Lambkin, 2000: 43, 2001: 364, 2006: 30. Nec Lea, 1929:345.

Luciola (Luciola) lychnus (Olliff) View in CoL . McDermott, 1966:109. Moore, 1989:136, Fig. 188. Lawrence and Britton, 1991: Fig. 35.38, C & D (adult).

Luciola (Atyphella) lychnus (Olliff) View in CoL . Moore, 1989:136.

Lectotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: Mt Wilson , designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000 ( AMS).

Diagnosis. One of the six Australian species with striped elytra; 4 interstitial lines. Female with fully developed elytra and shortened hind wings. Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2000: 43 characterised the distinctively coloured larva.