Asymmetricata ovalis ( Hope 1831 )

Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4687 (1), pp. 1-174 : 55

Asymmetricata ovalis ( Hope 1831)

Figs 175−179

Lampyris ovalis Hope, in Gray 1831: 26 .

Type. Lampyris ovalis Male. NEPAL as Nepaul ( NHML) .

Luciola ovalis (Hope) . McDermott 1964: 44; 1966: 111 Partim.

? Luciola ovalis (Hope) . McDermott 1962: 24, fig. 21.

Nec Luciola ovalis (Hope) . Gorham 1880: 99, 103 (= L. circumdata Motsch ); 1895: 303. Olivier 1891: 595–604. Asymmetricata ovalis (Hope) . Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 33, figs 7, 110, 111.

Luciola aemula Olivier 1891: 601 . Ballantyne et al. 2016: Table 4 . New synonymy.

Type. Luciola aemula . Female. MYANMAR as Burma ( MCSN) .

Other specimens examined. SRI LANKA. Rat District: on trail to Wavulpana Cave 2000 feet, 23.X.1976 F. Hevel, E. Dietz IV, S. Karunaratne, D, Balasooriya male, female ( USNM) . Gilimala , 17–18.v.1975 S Wood, J Perry male ( USNM) . Panamure , 500 feet, 15–21.x.1970 O Flint Jr male ( USNM) . Amp district, Inginiyagala , 250 ft. black light 21–24 November 1976 F. Hevel, E. Dietz IV, S. Karunaratne, D, Balasooriya 12 males ( USNM) . INDIA. Mormugao Goa July 25 no year, JC Bridwell, 29 males, 3 females ( USNM) . THAILAND. S.N. = Sorasak Nak-eiam . 18 ° 53’ 43.8” N 98° 51’ 31” E 678m Queen Sirikit Botanic Gardens, Mae Rim district , Chiang Mai by sweep net 13.v.2008 W. Sommit R. Saokhod 3 females ( QSBG) . 18°50’ N, 99°28’ E, Lampang province, Muang Pan district , 484 msl., 10.v.2011, forest park, 1 male ( SN ˗ LPA ˗009) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 18°09’ N, 97°54’ E, Mae Hong Son province, Mae Sariang district , 255 msl., 1.vi.2011, mixed deciduous forest, 5 males ( SN ˗ MSB ˗011) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 18°09’ N, 97°53’ E, Mae Hong Son province, Mae Sariang district , 290 msl., 1.vi.2011, dry evergreen forest, 4 males ( SN ˗ MSB ˗013) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 18°56’ N, 98°04’ E, Mae Hong Son province, Khun Yuam district , 1,226 msl., 2.vi.2011, lower montane forest, 4 males ( SN ˗ MSB ˗021) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 19°16’ N, 98°33’ E, Mae Hong Son province, Pai district , 1,187 msl., 3.vi.2011, pine forest, 2 males ( SN ˗ MSB ˗027) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 16°44’ N, 101°35’ E, Phetchabun province, Nam Nao district , 956 msl., 20.v.2008, lower montane forest, 7 males ( SN ˗ PBA ˗010) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 16°44’ N, 101°35’ E, Phetchabun province, Nam Nao district , 956 msl., 20.v.2008, lower montane forest, 2 males ( SN ˗ PBA ˗011) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 16°99’ N, 101°01’ E, Phitsanulok province, Nakhon Thai district , 1,200 msl., 11.vi.2012, lower montane forest, 3 males ( SN ˗ PLB ˗031) S.N. ( NUNHM) . 16°30’ N, 98°45’ E, Tak province, Prop Phra district , 413 msl., 7.vii.2007, mixed deciduous forest, 2 males ( SN ˗ TKB ˗010) S.N. ( NUNHM) .

Diagnosis. Most similar in dorsal colouration to As. circumdata , distinguished by the bipartite LO in V7. The Goa specimens have 2 dark median pronotal spots and are tentatively included here. Rat District specimens have elytra pale brown with basal section darker brown and resemble As. humeralis comb. nov. Female macropterous; abdomen coloured as for female As. circumdata ; V8 posterior margin widely emarginated with posterolateral corners narrowly angulate; median oviduct plate elongate, longer than wide with anterior margin rounded and lateral ‘arms’ subtriangular in outline, being longer than high ( Figs 175−179 ).

Remarks. Luciola aemula Olivier 1891 was based on a female taken in Myanmar (as ‘ Burma Monts Carin’). Specimens of As. ovalis were also taken at this site and the synonymy is based on the similarity of colour patterns and overlapping localities.

Adults of Asymmetricata ovalis are not as widely distributed as As. circumdata and in Thailand were found in natural habitats and only recorded from seven locations which are widely distributed throughout the Northern region. The elevation range of habitats are about 200 m. to above 1,200 m. A few adult males were collected during rainy season between May and early July (Nak-eiam 2015).

Figures

FIGURES 175−179. Asymmetricata ovalis female (Chiang Mai QSBG). 175 abdominal segments 7, 8, ventral; 176, 178, 179 reproductive system: 176 entire system SDG to right of picture, ovipositor to left; 177 female genitalia styli to foot of page 178 ventral outline of median oviduct plate with valvifers of ovipositor to right; 179 left lateral with median oviduct plate from side and ovipositor at bottom left.. Scale lines are 1 mm.