Pelania Mulsant, 1860

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 : 50

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.59893/bjc.24(1).005
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F387EB-6364-FD0E-D006-EACDB587C00F
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scientific name	Pelania Mulsant, 1860
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Genus Pelania Mulsant, 1860 View in CoL

Pelania Mulsant, 1860: 136 View in CoL

Type species: Cantharis mauritanica Linnaeus, 1758

= Pelenia Constantin, 2014: 35, 39 incorrect subsequent spelling

= Lampronetes Motschulsky, 1853 View in CoL [objective synonym, not in common use: Türkay 1974]

Note. Monotypic genus, endemic to North Africa.

Constantin R. 2014. Contribution a l'etude des Lampyridae de France, actualisation de leur distribution et observations en France de Lampyris iberica Geisthardt, Figueira, Day & De Cock, 2008 (Coleoptera, Elateroidea). Le Coleopteriste, 17 (1): 34 - 44.

Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, [1 - 3] + 823 + [1] pp.

Motschulsky V. de 1853. Lampyrides. Etudes Entomologiques, 1 [1852]: 25 - 58.

Mulsant E. 1860. Observations sur les Lampyrides. Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Lyon, 7: 129 - 146.

Turkay M. 1974. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Pelania (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Entomologische Zeitschrift, 84 (4): 21 - 28.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Lampyridae