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Table 1 in A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str.
- 1. School of Agricultural Environmental and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, 2678 Australia.
- 2. Nagasawa 1 - 50 - 9, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 239 - 0842 Japan.
- 3. School of Science, Monash University Malaysia, Bandar Sunway, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia.
- 4. Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Advanced Engineering, Kogakuin University, Hachioji, Tokyo 192 - 0015 Japan.
Description
Table 1 (continued on next page). Comparison of morphological features of Missimia Ballantyne, 2009 and Nipponoluciola gen. nov.
| Missimia Ballantyne, 2009 | Nipponoluciola gen. nov. |
|---|---|
| Ballantyne et al. 2009: figs 21–22, 27, 29–30, 32‒34, 246‒254; Figs 3, 4E‒H | This study |
| New Guinea Highlands | Japan |
| Rare genus known only from 2 males and 2 females | Well known in Japan from males, females and larvae |
| Colour: elytra pale brown | Colour: elytra black |
| Pronotum pale brown without darker markings | Pronotum pinkish with median dark markings |
| Body outline: elongate slender L/W 3.5/1 | Body outline: heavier bodied L/W 3/1 |
| Pronotum: width less than humeral width | Pronotum: width subequal to humeral width |
| Lateral margins sinuate with posterolateral corners narrowed and apically pointed | Lateral margins slightly divergent along length, not sinuate, and posterolateral corners apically rounded |
| Elytron: Either one or two elytral interstitial lines | Elytron: with at least two well defined interstitial lines |
| Base of epipleuron narrow (as in Fig. 3) | Base of epipleuron narrow (Fig. 3) |
| Humerus visible from beneath | Humerus widely visible from beneath |
| Viewed from above the epipleuron visible at elytral margins level with posterior margin of MS | Epipleuron visible at elytral margins well behind posterior margin of MS |
| Head: without clypeolabral suture | Head: with clypeolabral suture |
| Labrum well sclerotised inflexibly joined to rest of head | Labrum not well sclerotised, flexibly joined to rest of head |
| GHW 2‒3 × SIW | GHW 3.7‒4.5 × SIW |
| Apical labial palpomere lunate inner margin entire not dentate | Apical labial palpomere shaped like a broad triangle with inner margin dentate |
| Antennal length 3‒4 × GHW | Antennal length 2 × GHW |
| FS 2‒8 expanded at anterior apical angle | FS 2‒8 not expanded at anterior apical angle |
| Abdomen: LO in V 7 retracted from lateral margins of V 7, with posterior margin rounded, not reaching into MPP, and LO occupies less than half total area of V 7 | Abdomen: LO in V 7 reaches lateral margins and into MPP and occupies all but a narrow clear portion of posterior margin of V 7 |
| V 7 with angulate corners; MPP elongate with rounded truncated apex | V 7 with angulate corners; MPP shorter, with widely rounded MPP |
| T 8 with elongated anterolateral arms longer than posterior entire portion of T 8 | T 8 with anterolateral corners very short, barely produced and apically acute |
| T 8 narrowed along posterior margin | T 8 not narrowed along posterior margin |
| T 8 ventral surface with median longitudinal trough with fine lateral margins | T 8 ventral surface without trough |
| Aedeagal sheath (Fig. 4G): posterior area of sheath sternite shallowly emarginated on right side from point of tergite attachments; not emarginated on left side; apex of sternite broadly rounded | Aedeagal sheath: posterior area of sheath sternite widely emarginated on both sides from point of tergite attachments; apex of sternite narrowly rounded |
| Ballantyne et al. 2009: figs 21–22, 27, 29–30, 32‒34, 246‒254; Figs 3, 4E‒H | This study |
| Aedeagus (Fig. 4H): BP wide, hooded, not emarginated along anterior margin and appearing to be in a single piece | Aedeagus: BP narrower, not hooded, usually with well defined emargination along anterior margin which divides BP into halves |
| Dorsal base of LL with median acute projection | Dorsal base of LL without projection |
| Inner preapical margins of LL with an elongate narrowly emarginated hair bearing area | Inner preapical margins of LL without any elongated hair bearing area |
| LL obliquely truncated along their preapical inner and outer margins | LL not obliquely truncated along their preapical inner and outer margins |
| LL apices bluntly acute | LL broadly rounded at apex |
Notes
Published as part of Ballantyne, Lesley, Kawashima, Itsuro, Jusoh, Wan F. A. & Suzuki, Hirobumi, 2022, A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str., pp. 12-13 in European Journal of Taxonomy 855 on page 12, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023, http://zenodo.org/record/7501294
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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). Zootaxa 1997 (1): 1 - 188. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 1997.1.1