Lampyris algerica subsp. levigata, Geisthardt, 1983

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 : 45

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scientific name	Lampyris algerica subsp. levigata
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L. algerica levigata Geisthardt, 1983 View in CoL

Lampyris algerica levigata Geisthardt, 1983: 30 View in CoL . Loc. typ. “ Algérie, Ste.-Croix de l'Edough, 700 à 1000 m ” (1918, leg. Chevreux)

Distribution. Present in Algeria and Tunisia. Probably mainly on the Kabylia mountain range ( Geisthardt 1983).

45 Note. The specimens L. mutabilis from El Feidja and L. soror from Ain Draham reported by Normand (1935) are probably the ssp. levigata ( Geisthardt 1983) . Photographs of the male and female habitus are present in Berger et al. (2021).

References

Berger A., Petschenka G., Degenkolb T., Geisthardt M., Vilcinskas A. 2021. Insect Collections as an Untapped Source of Bioactive Compounds - Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and Cardiotonic Steroids as a Proof of Concept. Insects, 12: 689 [10 pp. + supplementary material (18 pp.)].

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.

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.