Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817

Reid, Chris A. M., Smith, Kindi & Beatson, Max, 2018, Revision of the genus Lamprima Latreille, 1804 (Coleoptera: Lucanidae), Zootaxa 4446 (2), pp. 151-202 : 171-172

Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817

( Figs 5–14 , 16–19 , 25–32 , 36–44 , 48–51 , 56–61 , 66–75 , 78–82 , 84–88 , 91–93 , 95 , 97–111 )

Lucanus aeneus sensu Schreibers 1802 partim, nec Fabricius 1792; Donovan 1805: [unpaginated]; Erichson 1842: 109 ( L. fulgida Boisduval ); Parry 1864: 69 ( L. latreillii ).

Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1817: 278 (type locality: New Holland); Boisduval 1835: 230 (junior synonym L. aenea ); Reiche 1841: 51 (variety of L. aenea ); Parry 1864: 69 (valid).

Lamprima cuprea Latreille, 1817: 279 (type locality: not given); W.S. MacLeay 1819: 101 (junior synonym L. aurata ); Hope in Westwood 1845: 3 (junior synonym L. aenea ); Parry 1864: 69 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); Harold 1868: 944 (junior synonym L. aenea ); W.J. Macleay 1885a: 131 (junior synonym L. aurata ).

Lamprima latreillii W.S. MacLeay, 1819: 101 (type locality: not given); Boisduval 1835: 231 (junior synonym L. aenea ); Reiche 1841: 51 (variety of L. aenea ); Erichson 1842: 108 (valid); new synonym

Lamprima pygmaea W.S. MacLeay, 1819: 101 (type locality: not given); Boisduval 1835: 231 (junior synonym L. aenea ); Reiche 1841: 51 (variety of L. aenea ); Parry 1864: 69 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima fulgida Boisduval, 1835: 231 (type locality: Waigeo); Reiche 1841: 51 (variety of L. aenea ); Erichson 1842: 108 (valid); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); Thomson 1862: 393 (valid); Parry 1864: 69 (junior synonym L. aurata ); Harold 1868: 944 (junior synonym L. aurata ).

Lamprima micardi Reiche, 1841: 51 (type locality: Swan River ); new synonym

Lamprima viridis Erichson, 1842: 109 (type locality: not given); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. aenea ); W.J. Macleay 1885a: 131 (not junior synonym L. aenea ); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. aurata ); de Lisle 1975: 265 (junior synonym L. aenea ).

Lamprima rutilans Erichson, 1842: 109 , 170 (type locality: Vandiemensland); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); Thomson 1862: 393 (valid); Parry 1870: 105 (junior synonym L. aurata ); Macleay 1885a: 134 (valid); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. aurata ).

Lamprima splendens Erichson, 1842: 108 (type locality: not given); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); Thomson 1862: 393 (junior synonym L. fulgida ); Parry 1864: 69 (valid); Parry 1870: 105 (junior synonym L. aurata ); Macleay 1885a: 133 (valid); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. latreillii ).

Lamprima latreillei: Erichson 1842: 108 [misspelling].

Lamprima tasmaniae Hope in Westwood, 1845: 27 (type locality: Van Dieman's Land); Parry 1864: 69 (junior synonym L. latreillii ).

Lamprima tasmanniae: Hope in Westwood, 1845: 3 (misspelling).

Lamprima nigricollis Hope in Westwood, 1845: 28 (type locality: Western Australia); Parry 1870: 105 (junior synonym L. micardi ); new synonym

Lamprima purpurascens Hope in Westwood, 1845: 28 (type locality: Western Australia); Harold 1868: 944 (junior synonym L. micardi ); new synonym

Lamprima sumptuosa Hope in Westwood, 1845: 28 ; Parry 1870: 105 (junior synonym L. micardi ); new synonym

Lamprima varians Burmeister, 1847: 415 (type locality: Adelaide); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. micardi ); Thomson 1862: 393 (junior synonym L. fulgida ); Parry 1864: 70 (valid); Harold 1868: 944 (junior synonym L. micardi ); Parry 1870: 105 (valid); new synonym

Lamprima cultridens Burmeister, 1847: 416 (type locality:?Western New Holland); Reiche 1853: 83 (junior synonym L. micardi ); Harold 1868: 943 (valid); Macleay 1885a: 133 (junior synonym L. varians ); new synonym

Lamprima amplicollis Thomson, 1862: 410 (type locality: Moreton Bay); Parry 1864: 69 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima krefftii W.J. MacLeay, 1871: 173 (type locality: Gayndah); Nagel 1930: 87 (variety of L. aurata ); Benesh 1960: 48 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima violacea W.J. Macleay, 1885a: 138 (type locality: Botany Bay); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima mandibularis W.J. Macleay, 1885a: 139 (type locality: Herbert River, Queensland); Nagel 1930: 87 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima latreillei [sic] variety sericea W.J. Macleay, 1885a: 132 (type locality: Herbert River, Queensland); Benesh 1960: 48 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima nigripennis W.J. Macleay, 1885a: 137 (type locality: New Holland); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima minima W.J. Macleay, 1885a: 138 (type locality: South Australia); Nagel 1930: 88 (junior synonym L. varians ); Krajcik 2001: 26 (junior synonym L. micardi ); new synonym

Lamprima aurata mariae Lea, 1910: 131 (type locality: Maria Island, Tasmania); Nagel 1930: 87 (junior synonym L. aurata ).

Lamprima coerulea Boileau, 1913: 216 , plate 9 (type locality: not given; junior synonym L. latreillii ); new synonym

Lamprima insularis Boileau, 1913: 217 (type locality: not given; junior synonym L. micardi ); new synonym

Figures

FIGURES 5–14. Males of Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, dorsal view: 5, Kuranda, northern Queensland; 6, Milmerran, inland southern Queensland; 7, Otford, coastal New South Wales; 8, Hobbys Yards, inland New South Wales; 9, Big Desert, Victoria; 10, Kingston Beach, Tasmania; 11, Adelaide, South Australia; 12, Kangaroo Island, South Australia; 13, Mount Barker, Western Australia; 14, Perth, Western Australia. All figures to same scale.

FIGURES 15–20. Female Lamprima species, dorsal view: 15, L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875); 16, L. aenea (Fabricius, 1792); 17, L. aurata Latreille, 1804, Sydney, New South Wales; 18, L. aurata, Sydney, New South Wales, blue form; 19, L. aurata, Western Australia; 20, L. insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885.

FIGURES 25–32. Males of Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, dorsal of head and pronotum: 25, Kuranda, northern Queensland, teratological specimen with two mandible forms; 26, Kuranda, northern Queensland (elongate mandible form); 27, Gayndah, central Queensland (holotype of L. krefftii MacLeay, 1871); 28, Lilyvale, central New South Wales; 29, Little Desert, Victoria; 30, Launceston, Tasmania. 31, Mount Lofty, South Australia; 32, Mount Barker, Western Australia.

FIGURES 36–44. Female Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, dorsal of head and pronotum: 36, Cairns, northern Queensland; 37, Garradunga, northern Queensland; 38, Mount Tambourine, southern Queensland; 39, North Ryde, central New South Wales; 40, Lilyvale, central New South Wales; 41, Little Desert, Victoria; 42, Kingston, Tasmania; 43, Colurandol, South Australia; 44, Pemberton, Western Australia.

FIGURES 45–53. Male Lamprima species, mandibles, lateral view: 45, L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875), elongate mandible form; 46, L. adolphinae, short mandible form; 47, L. aenea (Fabricius, 1792); 48, L. aurata Latreille, 1804, elongate mandible form, northern Queensland; 49, L. aurata, New South Wales, large male; 50, L. aurata, New South Wales, small male; 51, L. aurata, Western Australia; 52, L. imberbis Carter, 1926, holotype; 53, L. insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885. Figure 52 courtesy Peter Hudson, South Australian Museum.

FIGURES 54–57. Male Lamprima species, elytral disc microsculpture, at low and high magnification: 54–55, L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875); 56–57, L. aurata Latreille, 1804. Large punctures approximately 25 microns in diameter.

FIGURES 58–61. Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, lateral view of mesoventrite process: 58, male, northern Queensland; 59, female, northern Queensland; 60, male, Victoria; 61, female, Victoria.

FIGURES 66–75. Male protibia of Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804: 66, Milmerran, inland southern Queensland; 67, Hobbys Yards, inland New South Wales; 68, Kingston Beach, Tasmania; 69, Big Desert, Victoria; 70, Little Desert, Victoria; 71, Adelaide, South Australia; 72, Kangaraoo Island, South Australia; 73, Mount Barker, Western Australia; 74, Mount Barker, Western Australia; 75, Perth, Western Australia.

FIGURES 76–83. Lamprima species, aedeagi (ventral, lateral and dorsal): 76, L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875); 77, L. aenea (Fabricius, 1792); 78, L. aurata Latreille, 1804, northern Queensland; 79, L. aurata, Snowy River, New South Wales; 80, L. aurata, Kingston, Tasmania; 81, L. aurata, South Australia; 82, L. aurata, Cue, Western Australia; 83, L. insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885.

FIGURES 84–88. Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, aedeagi in ventral view: 84, Murtoa, Victoria; 85, Willala, South Australia; 86, Kangaroo Island, South Australia; 87, Kalamunda, Western Australia; 88, Carraranup, Western Australia.

FIGURES 89–94. Lamprima species, ovipositor and spermatheca: 89, L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875); 90, L. aenea (Fabricius, 1792); 91, L. aurata Latreille, 1804 (Bridport, Tasmania); Lamprima species, spermathecae: 92, L. aurata (Ourimbah, central New South Wales); 93, L. aurata (Nadgee, south New South Wales); 94, L. insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885.

FIGURES 95–96. 95, Map of Australia and New Guinea to show Lamprima species: O= L. adolphinae (Gestro, 1875), Ɨ= L. aurata Latreille, 1804. 96, Map of Lord Howe to show distribution of Lamprima insularis W.J. Macleay, 1885 (shaded area = 500 + m)

FIGURES 97–102. Habitus photographs of Lamprima Latreille, 1804, type material in Australian collections: 97, L. krefftii W.J. MacLeay, 1871, holotype; 98, L. latreillii W.S. MacLeay, 1819, lectotype; 99, L. latreillii W.S. Macleay, paralectotype; 100, L. latreillii sericea W.J. Macleay, 1885, lectotype; 101, L. latreillii sericea W.J. Macleay, paralectotype; 102, L. mandibularis W.J. Macleay, 1885, lectotype. Figures 98–102 courtesy of Cate Lemann, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 2017. All images to same scale.

FIGURES 103–105. Habitus photographs of Lamprima Latreille, 1804, type material in Australian collections: 103, L. mandibularis W.J. Macleay, 1885, paralectotype; 104, L. minima W.J. Macleay, 1885, holotype; 105, L. nigripennis W.J. Macleay, 1885, holotype. All figures courtesy Cate Lemann, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, 2017. All images to same scale.

FIGURE 106–107. 106, Chart of male colour forms of Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by State. Dark grey = predominantly green; pale grey = predominantly brown; grey = predominantly purplish black. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia. 107. Chart of female colour forms of Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by state. Dark grey = predominantly green; pale grey = predominantly brown to ruby-red; grey = predominantly blue; black = predominantly greenish black. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia.

FIGURE 108–109. 108, Chart of male mesoventral process shape in Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by state. Dark grey = acute or projecting; pale grey = right-angled; grey = rounded. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia. 109, Chart of female mesoventral process shape in Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by state. Dark grey = acute or projecting; pale grey = right-angled. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia.

FIGURE 110–111. 110, Chart of male protibial spur shape in Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by state. Dark grey = width at least 71% length; pale grey = width 51–70% length; grey = width 31–50% length; black = width <31% length. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia. 111, Chart of male body proportion in Lamprima aurata Latreille, 1804, against distribution by state. Dark grey = pronotum wider than elytra; pale grey = pronotum and elytra equal in width; grey = elytra wider than pronotum. NQ = northern Queensland; CSQ = central and southern Queensland; NSW = New South Wales; VIC = Victoria; TAS = Tasmania; SA = South Australia; WA = Western Australia.