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Pacifica plagiata Ballantyne & Lambkin 2013, comb. nov.

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Pacifica plagiata (Blanchard) comb. nov.

(Ballantyne and Lambkin 2009 Figs 397–404)

Luciola plagiata Blanchard, 1853:75, Fig. 15, plate v. Lacordaire, 1857:337. Olivier, 1902:85.

Luciola caledonica Bourgeois, 1884:285. Olivier, 1902:75. Heller, in Sarasin and Roux, 1916:243. Fauvel, 1904:139. Synonymy.

Luciola (Luciola) caledonica Bourgeois. McDermott, 1966:100. Synonymy.

Luciola (Luciola) plagiata Blanchard. McDermott, 1966: 111. Synonymy.

Pygatyphella plagiata (Blanchard). Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 97.

Types. Luciola caledonica Bourgeois. NEW CALEDONIA: Iles des Pins, not found MNHN 2002 by LB.

Luciola plagiata Blanchard. SOLOMON ISLANDS (Ile St. George). Location of type specimens unknown.

Diagnosis. Moderate sized (6.0– 7.4 mm long); pronotum red yellow with an anterior median dark mark; elytra black; venter of body yellow; median posterior projection of V7 with rounded apex; T8 with ventrally directed flanges on long and vertically expanded anterior prolongations; MPP with dorsal ridge; T8 with short posteromedian ridge; ML of aedeagus with lateral teeth; aedeagal sheath with basal 1/3 of posterior area subparallel-sided.

Notes

Published as part of Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine L., 2013, Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera, pp. 1-162 in Zootaxa 3653 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265340

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Biodiversity

Family
Lampyridae
Genus
Pacifica
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Ballantyne & Lambkin
Species
plagiata
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype

References

  • Ballantyne, L. A. & Lambkin, C. L. (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).
  • Blanchard, C. E. (1853) In Dumont-D'Urville, J. S. C. Voyage au Pole sud et dans l'Oceanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee. Paris, 1842 - 54. Zoologie, t. 4, 73, 74, plates V, VI.
  • Lacordaire, T. (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coleopteres. Tome Quatrieme. Roret: Paris, 579 pp.
  • Olivier, E. (1902) Catalogue des especes de ' Luciola' et genres voisins decrits jusqu'a ce jour. Revue Scientifique du Bourbonnais et du centre de la France, 15, 69 - 88.
  • Bourgeois, J. (1884) Dascillides et Malacodermes de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Revue D'Entomologie, III, 278 - 290.
  • Fauvel, A. (1904) Faune analytique des Coleopteres de la Nouvelle-Caledonie. Part 2. Cantharidae 139 - 140. Revue Entomologie, 23, 113 - 208.
  • McDermott, F. A. (1966) Lampyridae Pars. 9. Coleopterorum Catalogus (Junk-Schenkling) (Ed. Sec), 1 - 149 (Luciolini, 98 - 118).