Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera
Author
Ballantyne, Lesley A.
lballantyne@csu.edu.au
Author
Lambkin, Christine L.
lballantyne@csu.edu.au
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-05-22
3653
1
1
162
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
1175-5326
5265340
72A07BC6-AEB0-4EBC-AFA8-F5871065680F
Pacifica limbatifusca
(Ballantyne)
comb. nov.
(
Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009
Figs 329, 338, 341, 362, 363, 370, 371)
Pygatyphella limbatifusca
Ballantyne.
Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 88
.
Holotype
.
Male.
SOLOMON ISLANDS
:
Makira
Pr.,
San Cristobal
:
10.35S
,
161.30E
,
Manipwena
,
Magoha River
,
13.viii.1960
, COB (
BPBM
).
Diagnosis
. Part of
Ballantyne and Lambkin’s 2009
Pygatyphella
B complex; very similar to
Pacifica limbatipennis
, which is not known from
San Cristobal
, distinguished by the median pronotal markings, the paler brown elytra, the slightly paler and much wider lateral elytral margins, and the restricted occurrence on
San Cristobal
.