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Table 2 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 2. Comparison of morphological features of Aquatica Fu et al., 2010 and Nipponoluciola gen. nov.
| Aquatica Fu et al., 2010 (Fig. 4A‒D) | Nipponoluciola gen. nov. |
|---|---|
| Recorded from China, Korea and Russia with one species from Japan | Recorded only from Japan |
| Elytra black, may have fine paler margins, or elytra yellow | Elytra black |
| Pronotal width slightly less than humeral width | Pronotal width subequal to humeral width |
| Pronotal lateral margins divergent along length or subparallel-sided in posterior half | Pronotal lateral margins slightly divergent along length |
| Elytra with no well defined interstitial lines | Elytra with at least two well defined interstitial lines |
| Base of epipleuron wide | Base of epipleuron narrow |
| Humerus narrowly visible or not visible from beneath | Humerus widely visible from beneath |
| Epipleuron visible at elytral margins level with or anterior to posterior margin of MS | Epipleuron visible at elytral margins well behind posterior margin of MS |
| Male V 7 without angulate corners | V 7 with angulate corners |
| Male LO retracted to anterior half of V 7 | LO occupies most of V 7 |
| Aedeagal BP without median notch | Aedeagal BP usually with median notch |
| ML of aedeagus with apical area much narrower than rest | ML of aedeagus with apical area not much narrower than rest |
| Lateral margins of posterior area of aedeagal sheath sternite with toothed projections | Lateral margins of posterior area of aedeagal sheath sternite without toothed projections |
| Posterior area of aedeagal sheath sternite about as wide as anterior area except for A. lateralis | Posterior area of aedeagal sheath sternite much narrower than anterior area |
| Female with thin apically acute bursa plates | Female no bursa plates |
| Female MO plate elongated may project into vagina | Female MO plate short, not much wider than long, not projecting into vagina |
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. 14 in European Journal of Taxonomy 855 on page 14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023, http://zenodo.org/record/7501294
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References
- Fu X. H., Ballantyne L. A. & Lambkin C. L. 2010. Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 2530 (1): 1 - 18. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2530.1.1