Asymmetricata circumdata (Motsch.)

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Asymmetricata circumdata (Motsch.)

Figs 49–54, 65–6, 72, 87, 88, 93

Luciola circumdata Motschulsky, 1854:50 (female). Lacordaire, 1857:338. Olivier, 1885:364 (Male, female); 1902a:84. Bourgeois, 1890:184. McDermott, 1964:44; 1966: 101. Ballantyne, 1987b:181, Fig. 1.

Asymmetricata circumdata (Motsch.) Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009:32 .

Material examined. CHINA: Eight sixth instars bred from an original population of 4 males and 1 female collected from Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Science, Jinghong City, Xishuangbanna Province, May 16, 2010 (NHMHAU).

Diagnosis. The only species of Asymmetricata with reliably associated larvae; distinguished by its laterally explanate tergal margins, short antennal sense cone and the largely yellow dorsal colouration, broken by a continuous wide median band of black running from the anterior area of thoracic tergum 2 to the posterior margin of terminal tergum (Figs 49–54, 87, 88). At least 58 expanded pygopodia arise from basal stalks which may branch more than once; recurved hooks surround the entire surface of the expanded pygopod (Fig. 93).

FIGURES 61–66. Larval pygopodia. 61–62 Aquatica leii (5th instar); 63–64 Pygoluciola qingyu (6th instar); 65–66 Asymmetricata circumdata (6th instar).