Atyphella immaculata Ballantyne, 2000

Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine, 2009, Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zootaxa 1997, pp. 1-188 : 46

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5324276
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scientific name	Atyphella immaculata Ballantyne, 2000
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Atyphella immaculata Ballantyne, 2000 View in CoL

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Atyphella immaculata Ballantyne View in CoL in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:38, 2001:364, 2006: 30.

Holotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: 15.49 S, 145.17 E, Mt Finnigan (QMT 61139). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. One of only two Australian species with orange pronotum and very dark elytra [the other is Lloydiella majuscula ]. Distinguished most obviously by its smaller size, parallel-sided elytra and lack of a hooded basal piece on the aedeagus. Female, larva not associated.