Pygoluciola

Ballantyne, L. A., 2008, Pygoluciola Satoi, A New Species Of The Rare Southeast Asian Firefly Genus Pygoluciola Wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) From The Philippines, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (1), pp. 1-9 : 2

Key to species of Pygoluciola using males

[Modified and expanded from Ballantyne & Lambkin (2006)]

1. All tibiae curved; lateral margins of elytra tapering posteriorly (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: Fig. 6 ) ................................ 2

– No tibiae curved; lateral margins of elytra usually sub-parallelsided ........................................................................................ 3

2. Apex of median posterior projection of tergite 8 no wider than rest and rounded, not emarginate; lateral margins of pronotum slightly sinuate (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: Figs. 1 , 19, 21) ............................................................. P. guigliae Ballantyne

– Apex of median posterior projection of tergite 8 wider than rest and medianly emarginate; lateral margins of pronotum not slightly sinuate (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: Figs. 4 , 25) .. ................................................................... P. stylifer Wittmer

3. Median posterior projection of abdominal V7 bifurcate at apex (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: Figs. 18, 26) ...................... 4

– Median posterior projection of abdominal V7 not bifurcate at apex ....................................................................................... 5

4. Apex of median posterior projection of abdominal V7 deeply emarginate, laterally ensheathing the downturned apex of tergite 8 and projecting laterally beside it (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2006: Figs. 18, 26) ..................................... P. wittmeri (Ballantyne)

– Apex of median posterior projection of abdominal V7 shallowly emarginate, not laterally ensheathing the downturned apex of tergite 8 and not projecting beside it (Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2001: Figs. 5 , 10) ...... P. kinabalua (Ballantyne & Lambkin)

5. MPP of V7 elongate slender, ventral surface shallowly depressed along its length, and bearing on its median dorsal surface two slender teeth; posterior apex of MPP not differentiated; lateral margins of tergite 8 downturned ( Figs. 5 , 6 ) ........................... ............................................................... P. satoi , new species

– MPP of V7 shorter, about as wide as long, ventral surface not shallowly depressed along its length, and not bearing dorsal teeth; posterior apex (face) of MPP differentiated and shallowly depressed; lateral margins of tergite 8 not downturned .......... .............................................................. P. hamulata (Olivier)

Figures

Fig. 6. Pygoluciola satoi, new species, male abdomen, lateral (dorsal surface to top of page and abdominal apex to right): 1, light organ ventrite 6; 2, light organ ventrite 7; 4, attachment area on tergite 7 of 3; 6, tergite 7; 7, tergite 8; 8, 9 posterior (9) and anterior (8) median projections on dorsal surface of MPP. Scale bar = 1 mm.

Fig. 1. Pygoluciola hamulata (Olivier) Lectotype male dorsal, head and pronotum.

Fig. 4. Pygoluciola satoi, new species: dorsal whole body.

Fig. 5. Pygoluciola satoi new species. Features of males: left, male abdomen, ventral; top right ventrite 7 dorsal face; bottom right dorsal tergites 5–8; 1, light organ ventrite 6; 2, light organ ventrite 7; 3, area of attachment of dorso-ventral muscles from ventrite 7 to tergite 7; 4, attachment area on tergite 7 of 3; 5, downturned lateral areas of tergite 8; 6, tergite 7; 7, tergite 8; 8, 9 posterior (9) and anterior (8) median projections on dorsal surface of MPP. Scale bar = 1 mm.