A new firefly species (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Lorestan, with a key to Lampyris s. str. Geoffroy, 1762 of Transcaucasia and Iran

A new species of fireflies, Lampyris (s. str.) lorestanica sp. n., is described from the Iranian province Lorestan. The number of Lampyris Geoffroy, 1762 species of Iran is thus raised to five and the number of Lampyris s. str. species known in Transcaucasia and Iran to four. The aedeagi of L. (s. str.) noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758), L. (s. str.) orientalis Faldermann, 1835 and L. (s. str.) caucasica (Motschulsky, 1854) are illustrated by photographs for the first time. A key to Lampyris s. str. species of the area is provided. The history of misinterpretation of Lamprotomus caucasicus Motschulsky, 1854 is briefly reviewed.