Colophotia brevis Olivier

Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4687 (1), pp. 1-174 : 72-73

Colophotia brevis Olivier

Figs 222−229

Colophotia brevis Olivier 1903a: 11 ; 1907: 56; 1910a: 48; 1913b: 55. Pic 1924: 712; 1929: 3. Blair 1927: 45 (possible larva). McDermott 1966: 116.

Types. INDONESIA. Sumatra. Holotype male, 2 paratype males, 5 paratype females. IRNSB . Holotype labelled: 1. Yellow printed label Sumatra; 2. Handwritten det. E. Olivier; 3. Printed Colophotia brevis ; 4 pink label printed Holotype; 5. Handwritten Colophotia brevis E. Olivier. Paratypes bear labels no. 1, 2, 3 with a Paratype label.

Other specimens examined. Specimens are pinned unless otherwise indicated; # = specimens killed, fixed and preserved in 70% ethanol. Nada’s collection in various forest reserves has compartment numbers and transect number following in []. MALAYSIA. Pahang: Tasik Chini, Pekan, single male of 4 males bred in laboratory from 4 th instar larvae. In collection of Norela Suleiman. Negeri Sembilan: Gunung Besar Hantu, 250 m a.s.l., B. Nada, 9.vi.2015, 3 ♀ ( GBH 250) ( FRIM). Selangor: Gunung Nuang, 200 m a.s.l., B. Nada , 6.v.2015, ♀ ( GN 200 ) ( FRIM) . Terengganu: Besul Forest Reserve, all collection by Z.A. Saiful-Azhari, Compt. 3, 12.v.2016, 2 ♀ ( B 3 [4], B 3 [6]); Compt. 17, 15.viii.2016, ♂ ( B 17 [8-9]) ( FRIM) . Jengai Forest Reserve, Compt. 38B, 28.viii.2016, R.S. Raja-Ahmad-Bazli, 2 ♀ ( JI 38 B [7]); Compt. 64, 18.viii.2016, S. Muhammad-Jafni, ♂, Z.A. Saiful-Azhari, 2 ♀ ( JI 64 [5]) ( FRIM) . Jerangau Forest Reserve, Compt. 93, B. Nada , 9.viii.2016, ♀ ( JU 93 [7]) ( FRIM) .

Diagnosis. A relatively small species (ca 6.0 mm long) with pale brownish yellow dorsum and black elytral apices ( Figs 222−224 ); ventral surfaces pale yellowish brown except for dark brown head, antennae, palpi and tibiae and tarsi of all legs, and white LOs in V6, 7 ( Figs 222, 223 ); LO halves in V7 very close in median line where the inner margins are subparallel sided; with a low narrow median carina with an acute ventral edge; well-developed MPP which is medianly emarginated and prolonged into short hooks which arise from the posterior margin of the MPP and are visible from below; MPP not much longer than wide, much longer than PLP which are rounded, horizontal and little produced; T8 ( Figs 226−228 ) lateral margins slightly convex sided; most of posterior margin straight with small narrow and shallow median emargination; posterolateral corners not produced; median ventral trough present; flanges apically rounded both inclining towards median line. Aedeagal sheath 6x as long as wide. Aedeagus ( Fig. 229 ) 5 x as long as wide; b/a approximately 0.3.

Remarks. The type series of C. brevis was examined by Ballantyne prior to the discovery of the usefulness of the aedeagal sheath character, which was not investigated. No type males had full antennae or legs, and Ballantyne’s records of that time indicate her difficulty in interpretation of the extent of the LO in V7, and the size of the median carina in V7. This was overcome by examination of a single freshly bred male from peninsula Malaysia in which the antennae have FS 7−9 shortened and all legs are complete. Dissections are of this specimen.

Figures

FIGURES 222−229. Colophotia brevis type male (223, 224), Pahang male 222, 226−229. 222, 223 habitus ventral; 224 habitus dorsal; 226 abdomen dorsal; 227, 228 tergite 8: 227 ventral; 228 left lateral; 229 aedeagus dorsal.