Lampyris exilis, J. E. Olivier, 1894

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 : 46-47

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scientific name	Lampyris exilis
status

Treatment

L. exilis J. E. Olivier, 1894 View in CoL

Lampyris exilis J. E. Olivier, 1894: 135–136 View in CoL . Loc. typ. “ Algérie: environs de Gouraïa, village à l’Ouest de Cherchell” (Coll. Carret, Pic, la mienne). Lectotype and two Paralectotypes (males): “ Algérie, Gouraya” Coll. Olivier – MNP ( Geisthardt 1983: 33)

= Lampyris numidica Normand, 1935: 235– 237 View in CoL . Loc. typ. “Souk-el-Arba” [synonymized by Geisthardt 1983: 33]

Distribution. Present in Algeria and Tunisia, to be verified in Morocco.

Note. Type of L. numidica not seen by Geisthardt (1983). The report of the species by Kocher (1956) from Morocco (Targlitz dans le Rif espagnol) =? Targuist ( Geisthardt 1983) needs to be checked ( Geisthardt 1983). Frequent in July and August ( Olivier 1894).

References

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.

Kocher L. 1956. Catalogue commente des Coleopteres du Maroc. Fascicule III, Malacodermes - Serricornes. Travaux

Normand Η. 1935. Contribution au Catalogue des Coleopteres de Tunisie (6 me Fascicule). Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de I'Afrique du Nord, 26 [1933 - 1934]: 235 - 251.

Olivier J. E. 1894. Description d'un Lampyris nouveau d'Algerie. L ' Echange, Revue Linneenne, 10 (N ° 119): 135 - 136.

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Taxonomy

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

Lampyris exilis

Fanti, Fabrizio 2024

2024

Lampyris numidica

Geisthardt M. 1983: 33

Normand 1935: 237

1935