Pygatyphella marginata ( Ballantyne, 1968 )

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 : 92

Pygatyphella marginata ( Ballantyne, 1968)

Luciola (Pygatyphella) marginata Ballantyne, 1968:116 .

Holotype. Male. PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Northern Pr. , 8.77S, 148.24E, Popondetta, 28.ii.1966 ( QM). Diagnosis. A moderate sized (8.5–10 mm long) species with pale brown, pale margined elytra; distinguished from most pale coloured Pygatyphella by the absence of distinct elytral markings at base and apex. Remarks. Ballantyne (1968) described this species from 3 specimens.