Lampyris barbara, J. E. Olivier, 1884

Fanti, Fabrizio, 2024, Lampyridae: History of the type species of the genus Luciola, updated checklist of North African fireflies, and other taxonomic and faunistic notes, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 24 (1), pp. 43-64 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(1).005

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387EB-6360-FD0A-D204-EAECB7B1C2D3

treatment provided by

Felipe (2025-01-15 18:01:08, last updated 2025-01-15 18:17:50)

scientific name

Lampyris barbara
status

 

L. barbara J. E. Olivier, 1884 View in CoL

Lampyris barbara J. E. Olivier, 1884: 11 View in CoL (in the key), 30–31. Loc. typ. “Barbarie” (Verreaux, collection de M. Chevrolat). Holotypus: “ Barbaria , Alger ”, VERREAUX leg., Coll. OLIVIER – MNP ( Geisthardt 1983: 34)

Olivier 1884: 11, 30–31, Catalogue, 1895: 67, 1907a: 43, 1910: 35; Cros 1924: 37; McDermott 1966: 2, 127; Geisthardt 1983: 34, 36, 43; Fanti & Parisi 2024: 7; Keller 2024

Distribution. Algeria.

Locality. Barbarie ( Olivier 1884, 1907a, 1910; Cros 1924 [ Olivier 1884]; McDermott 1966). Barbaria, Alger ( Geisthardt 1983). Afrique australe ( Olivier 1895).

Note. Synonymized with Lampyris nervosa by Geisthardt (1983: 34), a species of Israel, Jordan, and Syria ( Geisthardt & Satô 2007) and probably also present in Lebanon ( Geisthardt 1983). The only known specimen (Holotype) of L. barbara is largely similar to L. nervosa in all essential characters, including the aedeagus, that the minor habitus differences cannot be seen as separating them, and therefore the locality

46

Cros A. 1924. Pelania Mauritanica L. variations - moeurs - evolution. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord, 15: 10 - 52.

Fanti F., Parisi F. 2024. An updated checklist of the Sub-Saharan fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) with taxonomic notes. Self-Publishing, Cetona, Tuscany, Italy, 7.03. 2024 - 12 AM (UTC + 1), 61 pp. [ISBN: 979 - 8 - 89170 - 085 - 7; Electronic copies: PDF / A format; public domain].

Geisthardt M. 1983. Beitrag zur Revision der Gattung Lampyris MULLER, 1764 I. Zur Kenntnis einiger nordafrikanischer und mediterraner Arten (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Mitteilungen der Munchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 73: 23 - 44.

Geisthardt M., Sato M. 2007. Lampyridae (pp. 225 - 234). In: Lobl I. & Smetana A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4, Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea, Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, 935 pp.

McDermott F. A. 1966. Lampyridae. In: Steel W. O. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. Pars 9 (Editio Secunda). Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, ' s-Gravenhage, 149 pp.

Olivier J. E. 1884. Essai d'une revision des especes europeennes & circamediterraneennes de la famille des lampyrides. Abeille, Journal d'Entomologie, 22: 1 - 54 + [2] + 2 tables + Notes complementaires a l'essai sur les lampyrides: pp. 1 - 4.

Olivier J. E. 1895. Les Lampyrides algeriens. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, 20: 65 - 67.

Olivier J. E. 1907 a. Coleoptera. Fam. Lampyridae (pp. 1 - 74). In: Wytsman P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum, 53.

Olivier J. E. 1910. Lampyridae. In: Schenkling S. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 9. W. Junk, Berlin, 68 pp.

Pic M. 1935. Nouveaux coleopteres de la Cyrenaique. Atti del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Trieste, 12: 147 - 150.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Lampyris