Luciola minuta Motschulsky, 1854

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 : 55

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

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scientific name

Luciola minuta Motschulsky, 1854
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Luciola minuta Motschulsky, 1854 Luciola obtusangula Motschulsky, 1854 Luciola suturalis Motschulsky, 1854

Material. Syntype of Luciola minuta , genus not determined, labels handwritten by Motschulsky: “Dalmat.”, “ Luciola minuta Motsch., Dalmat. ”. The right elytra collapsed from the preserved syntype ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008).

Syntype of Luciola obtusangula , female, labels handwritten by Motschulsky (except “ Lamp. italica ”): “Milano”, “ Lamp. italica ”, “ Luciola obtusangula Motsch., Milano ”. The head, prothorax and legs are missing from the syntype ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008).

Syntype of Luciola suturalis , pin without scarab, label handwritten by Motschulsky: “ Luciola suturalis Ménétr., Constantinople ” ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008).

Kazantsev S. V., Nikitsky N. B. 2008. Types of fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) in the Motschulsky collection at the Zoological Museum of Moscow Lomonosov University. Bulletin de la Societe des Naturalistes de Moscou, 113 (5): 23 - 30 [in Russian with English summary].

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Luciola