Delopleurus fuscus Motschulsky, 1853

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14657506

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scientific name

Delopleurus fuscus Motschulsky, 1853
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Delopleurus fuscus Motschulsky, 1853

Material. Syntype, genus not determined, label handwritten by Motschulsky: “ Delopleurus fuscus Motsch., Mozambic ” ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008).

Only the hind leg was preserved ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008). According to Motschulsky's instructions (1854d), other syntypes can be found in the Berlin Museum ( Kazantsev & Nikitsky 2008).

Genus Ovalampis Fairmaire, 1898 REFERENCES. Olivier (1907a, 1910), McDermott (1964; 1966), Jeng (2008), Martin et al. (2019b).

Fairmaire L. 1898. Materiaux pour la faune coleopterique de la region malgache. 6 e Note. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 42: 390 - 439.

Jeng M. - L. 2008. Comprehensive phylogenetics, systematics, and evolution of neoteny of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera). PhD Thesis, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, vii + 388 pp.

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].

Martin G. J., Stanger-Hall K. F., Branham M. A., Lima da Silveira L. F., Lower S. E., Hall D. W., Li X. - Y., Lemmon A. R., Lemmon E. M., Bybee S. M. 2019 b. Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity, 3 (6): 11: 1 - 15 + supplementary data.

McDermott F. A. 1964. The taxonomy of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 90 (1): 1 - 72.

McDermott F. A. 1966. Lampyridae. In: Steel W. O. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplementa. Pars 9 (Editio Secunda). Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, ' s-Gravenhage, 149 pp.

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

Olivier J. E. 1907 a. Coleoptera. Fam. Lampyridae (pp. 1 - 74). In: Wytsman P. (ed.), Genera Insectorum, 53.

Olivier J. E. 1910. Lampyridae. In: Schenkling S. (eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 9. W. Junk, Berlin, 68 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Delopleurus