Lampyris algerica subsp. attenuata, Fairmaire, 1875

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. attenuata
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L. algerica attenuata Fairmaire, 1875 View in CoL

Lampyris attenuata Fairmaire, 1875: 512 View in CoL . Loc. typ. “ Kéruan ” (Abdul-Kerim)

Distribution. Present in Algeria and Tunisia. The citation for Libya: Cyrenaica ( Geisthardt & Satô 2007: 226) appears to be an error.

In the plain at a very low altitude ( Olivier 1887). Assez répandu au Nord de la région désertique ( Olivier 1895).

Note. Fairmaire described a single male from Kairouan (Kérouan), Tunisia, which may still be in the Genoa Museum today ( Geisthardt 1983). The female was described by Olivier (1884: 19, 1885: ix). Due to the slightly protruding hair on the pronotum and elytra, the shape of the pronotum, the curved tibiae, and the shape of the aedeagus, it is usually easy to distinguish from both the nominate form and the other subspecies; only with the ssp. laevigata could confusion take place, as a slight curvature of the tibiae occurs in this subspecies. The posterior edge of the last sternite (median) in the ssp. laevigata never cut out so clearly as in attenuata ( Geisthardt 1983) .

References

Fairmaire L. 1875. Coleopteres de la Tunisie Recoltes par M. r Abdul Kerim. Annali del Museo di Storia Naturale di Genova, 7: 475 - 540.

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.

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.

63 Olivier J. E. 1885. [Description de la femelle du Lampyris attenuata Fairm.]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France - Bulletin des Seances et Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe Entomologique de France, (6 e Serie), 5: viii-ix.

Olivier J. E. 1887. [Description de la femelle d'une espece de Lampyrides]. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France - Bulletin des Seances et Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe Entomologique de France, (6 e Serie), 7: cxvii-cxviii.

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