Pygoluciola Wittmer, 1939

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 : 107

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Pygoluciola Wittmer, 1939 View in CoL

Pygoluciola Wittmer, 1939:21 View in CoL . Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: 21. Ballantyne 2008:1 View Cited Treatment . Fu & Ballantyne (2008):1 View Cited Treatment . Luciola View in CoL subgenus Pygoluciola (Wittmer) View in CoL . McDermott, 1966: 115; Ballantyne, 1968: 119; Ballantyne & McLean, 1970:

233; Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000: 82; 2001: 361; 2006: 21.

Type species. Pygoluciola stylifer Wittmer, 1939 View in CoL , by monotypy ( RMNH) .

Specimens of Luciola obsoleta Olivier View in CoL were incorrectly identified by Haneda (1966) as Pygoluciola sp. ( Ballantyne 1987b) . This genus has not been recorded from New Guinea; Ballantyne (1968) described a single unusual New Guinean female, which she tentatively assigned to Pygoluciola View in CoL . This female is assigned here to Missimia View in CoL gen. n.

Pygoluciola View in CoL was described for a single species, stylifer View in CoL , possessing unusual modifications to abdominal ventrite 7 and T8 ( Wittmer, 1939). McDermott (1966) regarded Pygoluciola View in CoL as a subgenus of Luciola View in CoL . Ballantyne (1968) redescribed the subgenus, keyed and described four species (two of them new), and assigned Luciola hamulata Olivier View in CoL to Pygoluciola View in CoL . Ballantyne and McLean (1970) figured aspects of the morphology. Ballantyne (1987b) described certain presumed sexual characters of certain species of Pygoluciola View in CoL (eg curved legs, and terminal abdomen structure) and suggested uses in a reproductive context. Ballantyne and Lambkin (2001) described a new species and (2006) reassigned Pygoluciola View in CoL to generic status based on representatives from Borneo only. Ballantyne (2008) described a new species from the Philippines, and Fu and Ballantyne (2008) a new species from mainland China, and an extended generic description.