Luciuranus desideratus, Da Silveira & Souto & Mermudes, 2018

Da Silveira, Luiz F. L., Souto, Paula M. & Mermudes, J. R. M., 2018, Four new species of Luciuranus fireflies from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zootaxa 4413 (1), pp. 173-186 : 178-181

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.7

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D8C6FC14-7D26-4B48-8791-FD280FA14CCC

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5956930

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2B422-FFF6-1179-FF02-FBE3FC406CA8

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Plazi

scientific name

Luciuranus desideratus
status

sp. nov.

Luciuranus desideratus View in CoL sp. nov. Silveira, Souto & Mermudes 2017

( Figs 30–57 View FIGURES30–46 View FIGURES 47–57 )

Diagnosis. Elytron dark-brown ( Figs. 30 View FIGURES30–46 , 48 View FIGURES 47–57 ). Male with eye small (half as wide as distance between eyes) ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES30–46 ); pygidium almost 2x longer than sternum VIII greatest length, with lateral margins subparallel, posterior margin with median third rounded, lacking ventral keels ( Figs. 38–40 View FIGURES30–46 ); sternum IX slightly longer than aedeagus, arms of similar length, bearing stout subapical setae, with internal margins subparallel, apices truncate ( Figs. 41– 43 View FIGURES30–46 ). Female with antenna filiform ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 47–57 ); distance between antennal sockets wider than apical maxillary palpomere greatest width ( Fig. 52 View FIGURES 47–57 ); pronotum widest at posterior angles, narrower than elytral humeral distance, anterior margin rounded ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 47–57 ); elytron subparallel-sided ( Fig. 48 View FIGURES 47–57 ), sternum VI with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 47–57 ), sternum and tergum VII connected by membrane; sternum VIII as sclerotized as VII, with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 55 View FIGURES 47–57 ).

Description. Colour pattern ( Figs. 30–32 View FIGURES30–46 , 47–49 View FIGURES 47–57 ) overall dark brown, except by the translucent sternum VIII and outer margins of pygidium, and the yellow spots of rudimentary larval lanterns on sternum VIII. Pronotum ( Figs. 36 View FIGURES30–46 , 54 View FIGURES 47–57 ) with lateral margins narrower than distance between elytral humeri, posterior angles acute. Hypomeron ventrally rounded ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES30–46 , 53 View FIGURES 47–57 ).

Male. Eye small (half as wide as distance between eyes) ( Fig. 34 View FIGURES30–46 ), shorter than head ( Fig. 35 View FIGURES30–46 ); antennomere IV 2x longer than wide ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES30–46 ); pygidium almost 2x longer than sternum VIII greatest length, with lateral margins subparallel, posterior margin with median third sinuose, ventral keels absent ( Figs. 38–40 View FIGURES30–46 ); sternum VIII moderately emarginated ( Fig. 40 View FIGURES30–46 ); sternum IX slightly longer than aedeagus, arms of sternum IX of similar length, bearing stout subapical setae, with internal margins subparallel, apices truncate ( Figs. 41–43 View FIGURES30–46 ); syntergite lacking transversal and medial sutures ( Fig. 41 View FIGURES30–46 ); aedeagus with phallus divergent basally, then subparallel, basal projections of parameres contiguous, paramere narrowing towards apex, apex internally sinuose ( Figs. 44, 46 View FIGURES30–46 ).

Female. Antenna filiform, antennomere III 2x longer than pedicel ( Fig. 50 View FIGURES 47–57 ); distance between antennal sockets wider than apical maxillary palpomere greatest width ( Fig. 51 View FIGURES 47–57 ); pronotum widest at posterior angles, narrower than elytral humeral distance, anterior margin rounded ( Fig. 53 View FIGURES 47–57 ); elytron subparallel-sided ( Fig. 47 View FIGURES 47–57 ), sternum VI with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 54 View FIGURES 47–57 ), sternum and tergum VII connected by membrane; sternum VIII as sclerotized as VII, with posterior margin straight ( Fig. 54, 56 View FIGURES 47–57 ); ovipositor with proximal plates medially fused, longer than wide, weakly sclerotized ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 47–57 ).

Etymology. The specific epithet desideratus is a name in apposition, and a Latin word for desired. Females of this new species were first caught in 2014, but males were only collected in 2017.

Type material. Holotype: BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Teresópolis, Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos , 22°27'25'' S, 42°59'7'' W, VI/.2017, L. Silveira, F. Quintarelli, C. Gomes & A. Esperanço leg., male ( DZRJ 1633 ) GoogleMaps . Paratypes: Same data of holotype, 22°27'30'' S, 42°59'11'' W, one female ( DZRJ 1628 ) GoogleMaps ; same locality, vi.2017, 4 females ( DZRJ 1636 ); idem, one male and one female ( MNRJ) GoogleMaps ; same locality, VI/2015, Silveira & Khattar leg., one female ( DZRJ 1626 ) GoogleMaps ; same locality, VI/2014, Silveira leg., one female; GoogleMaps

MNRJ

Museu Nacional/Universidade Federal de Rio de Janeiro

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Luciuranus

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