Atyphella testaceolineata Pic, 1939

Jusoh, Wan F. A. & Ballantyne, Lesley, 2024, A catalogue and redescription of type specimens of fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae) deposited in Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Contributions to Entomology 74 (1), pp. 63-80 : 63-80

Atyphella testaceolineata Pic, 1939

Fig. 1 A – C

Atyphella testaceolineata Pic, 1939: 370. Wittmer 1939: 127. Ballantyne and Lambkin 2009: 53, figs 153, 158, 164–165; Ballantyne et al. 2019: 57.

Luciola (Luciola) testaceolineata (Pic). McDermott 1966: 114.

Holotype.

1 ♂ (incomplete, abdomen only; by original description and determined by authors in this study).

Type locality.

“ Buru ”.

Material examined

(1 ♂ specimen). Holotype: INDONESIA ● ♂; (1) “ L. J. TOXOPEUS / Buru , Station 7 / alt. Sept. 1921 ”; (2) “ TYPE / Atyphella / testaceolineata / 1928 Pic ”; (3) “? astyphella / testaceolineata / n. sp. ”; (4) “ Atyphella / testaceolineata / Pic 1939 / ZMAN type / COLE. 0930.1 ”; (5) “ RMNH. INS / 968356 ” (Fig. 1 A ).

Diagnosis.

Pronotum with median dark marking (from original description); elytra brown with suture, lateral margin and three longitudinal pale stripes corresponding to interstitial lines 1–3 (Fig. 1 B ). The head and prothorax are missing, and characters of these areas could not be confirmed.

Redescription of incomplete holotype.

Colour (Fig. 1 B, C ). MS, MN light brown; elytra brown, slightly darker across base including humeral angles, lateral areas appearing semi-transparent; suture, lateral margin (extent defined by underlying epipleuron) including apex, 3 interstitial lines (lines 1–3) very pale light brown, pale lateral area just inside visible inner margin of epipleuron extending most of elytral length (Fig. 1 B ); interstitial lines 1, 2, 3 margined laterally by single line of punctures, line 3 effaced at front and behind (Fig. 1 B ), elytral lateral margin semi-transparent, paler colour extending onto dorsal surface narrowly in preapical 1 / 3; in basal half, lateral area of elytron just inside lateral margin brown; ventral surface of meso-, metathorax brown, legs 2, 3 dirty light brown, tibiae, tarsi darker brown; basal abdominal ventrites very dark brown, paler median markings on V 4, 5; V 6, 7 yellow; abdominal tergites dark brown except for pale T 8.

Elytra (Fig. 1 B ). Elytra slightly convex sided; interstitial line development not clear, possible extent outlined above.

Abdomen (Fig. 1 C ). LO occupy V 6 completely, probably retracted along posterior margin V 7; MPP of V 7 well defined and apically rounded. Not dissected.

Notes.

We consider this specimen a holotype because it corresponds with the original description outlined in Pic’s publication from 1939, especially in terms of its size and type locality. We can confirm features of colouration of the hind body as described by Pic (1939) but not of the prothorax and head, which are missing. Ballantyne and Lambkin (2009: 53) recorded the incomplete specimen they examined from Buru Island (listed above) as a holotype. Ballantyne and Lambkin (2009: 53) assigned tentatively specimens from Morobe Province New Guinea to A. testaceolineata which conformed in features of elytral colour pattern and abdominal colouration to the incomplete type specimen. They described features of the head and male genitalia which we cannot confirm.

Figures

Figure 1. Atyphella testaceolineata Pic holotype male. A. Specimen labels; B. Dorsal habitus; C. Ventral habitus. All images are to scale, except specimen labels.