Ellychnia autumnalis Melsheimer, 1846

Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2018, Miscellaneous notes on the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott’s 1966 catalogue of Lampyridae II, Insecta Mundi 682, pp. 1-4 : 2

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.3715110
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1600298C-8D59-4CD7-9A46-669773286D11
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3717531
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treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Ellychnia autumnalis Melsheimer, 1846
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Ellychnia autumnalis Melsheimer, 1846 View in CoL

Ellychnia autumnalis Melsheimer 1846: 303 View in CoL

Ellychnia autumnalis Melsheimer, 1845 View in CoL [sic]; McDermott 1966: 57

Note. Based on text preceding Melsheimer’s description, he presented the paper to the Academy of Natural Sciences on August 6 th and September 27 th, 1844. The article was printed in four parts in fascicle 5 (September and October, 1844), fascicle 6 (November and December, 1844), fascicle 8 (March and April, 1845), and fascicle 12 (November and December, 1845). Each fascicle contains meeting reports of the months stated in parentheses. The firefly descriptions are in fascicle 12, which was printed in 1846, not 1845. All previous fascicles were printed between 1844 and 1845 and bound with fascicle 12 as one volume in 1846.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Lampyridae
Genus	Ellychnia