Abscondita, Ballantyne, Lambkin et Fu, 2013

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 : 27

Key to species of Abscondita using males

Modified from Ballantyne et al. (2013: 9)

1. Elytra uniformly dark brown ( Fig. 96 ).......................................................... cerata (Olivier) Elytra pale brownish yellow with or without apical dark area................................................... 2

2. Elytra without apical dark area; MS may be dark brown ( Fig. 97 )............................................... 3 Elytra with apical dark brown area; MS pale brown (e.g. Fig. 99 )............................................... 5

3. Pronotum pale without median darker markings; elytra pale greyish yellow, subparallel sided; elytral apices usually pale coloured due to accumulation of fat body; MN pale, coloured as for pronotum; MS sometimes very dark brown; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by separate paired apically rounded hairy lobes ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 19) ( Fig. 97 )................................................................................................. promelaena (Walker) Pronotum usually with darker median markings; elytra pale brown, convex sided; elytral apices not paler coloured than remain- der; MN and MS uniformly mid brown; sheath sternite terminated either by separate lobes which are apically acute, or a single transverse lobe which is slightly emarginated in the middle and acute at its posterolateral corners..................... 4

4. Abdominal tergite 7, 8 almost black; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by a single transverse medially emarginated projection ( Figs 114−119 )..................................................................... jerangau Nada sp. nov. Abdominal tergite 7, 8 deep orange to dark brown; aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by paired separate apically pointed lobes ( Figs 120−138 ).............................................................. pallescens (Gorham) comb. nov.

5. Terminal abdominal tergites pale brown or yellow........................................................... 6 Terminal abdominal tergites black........................................................................ 7

6. 10.3–12.9 mm long; basal abdominal ventrites orange yellow and devoid of dark markings ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 2) ( Figs 99, 100 )................................................................................. anceyi (Olivier) 7.8–10.7 mm long; basal abdominal ventrites with dark markings at sides ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 18)..................................................................................................... perplexa (Walker)

7. Aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by two elongate hairy lobes ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 fig. 21); V5 usually pale coloured in middle ( Fig. 98 )........................................................................ terminalis (Olivier) Aedeagal sheath terminated by a single lobe; V5 either all black or with diffuse brown markings...................... 8

8. Aedeagal sheath sternite terminated by a wide lobe which diverges at the posterolateral corners which are either rounded or acute; ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 Fig. 10 ); V5 always completely dark coloured ( Ballantyne et al. 2013 Fig. 7 )... chinensis (L.) Aedeagal sheath terminated by a single narrow lobe with narrowed acute corners which turn upwards and are not usually visible from beneath; V5 may be brown marked, or pale with darker markings at sides; V5 never very dark brown ( Figs 101−113 ).................................................................................. berembun Nada sp. nov.

Figures

FIGURES 96–100. Abscondita spp. 96 Abs. cerata; 97 Abs. promelaena; 98 Abs. terminalis; 99, 100 Abs. anceyi. 96, 97, 99 dorsal habitus; 98 aedeagal sheath ventral (apical lobes of sheath sternite arrowed); 100 ventral habitus.

FIGURES 114–119. Abscondita jerangau Nada sp. nov. types. 114, 115 habitus dorsal (114) and ventral; 116 dorsal abdomen; 117 aedeagal sheath and tergite 8 ventral; 118 aedeagal sheath dorsal; 119 aedeagus ventral. Scale lines are 1 mm.

FIGURES 120–125. Abscondita pallescens females, and male, (123), dorsal habitus. 120 Taman Negara (Prague); 121 Riau (Prague); 122 Sumatra Lampung R. (Prague); 123 Java (Prague); 124 Java coll. Baum (Prague); 125 Terengganu (Prague). Scale line is 1 mm. All figures share scale line.

FIGURES 126–132. Abscondita pallescens males (126, 127, 129–131), and females (128, 132); 126, 127 Perak Cameron Highlands (Prague); 128 Kelantan; 129–132 Perak Larut Hills. 126, 128 dorsal habitus; 127 left lateral; 129, 132 habitus ventral; 130, 131 abdomen: 130 ventral; 131 dorsal.

FIGURES 133–138. Abscondita pallescens male genitalia (Perak male MZUM). 133–135 aedeagus: 133 ventral; 134 left lateral; 135 dorsal; 136–138 aedeagal sheath: 136 ventral (lateral projections of tergite arrowed), 137 dorsal; 138 dorsal detail tergite. Scale lines are 1 mm, these figures share scale lines; 133–135; 136, 137.

FIGURES 9−16. Key to genera characters 2. 9. Missimia flavida type male; 10 Luciola brahmina type male (MNHN); 11, 12 Luciola seriata type male (CMG); 13 Asymmetricata circumdata male; 14, 15 Kuantana menayah gen. et sp. nov.; 16 Curtos costipenis male. 9 anterior head (arrow indicates clypeus); 10, 11, 16 dorsal (arrows in 16 indicate humeral carina); 12 lateral tergite 8 aedeagal sheath and sclerites); 13 dorsal tergites 7 and 8; 14, 15, dorsal (14) and ventral tergite 8. Figure legends: AS aedeagal sheath; T7, 8 tergites 7, 8.

FIGURES 1−8. Key to genera characters 1. 1, 2 Australoluciola anthracina type male (MNHN); 3, 4 Aus. japenensis paratype male; 5, 6 Atyphella scabra male; 7, 8 Aty. leucura type male (MNHN). 1, 2, 5, 6 aedeagus ventral (1, 5), and dorsal (2, 6) (lateral lobes are arrowed). 3, 4, 7, 8 aedeagal sheath dorsal (3, 7), and ventral (4, 8). Oblique arrows in anterior section indicate point where tergite arms join the lateral margins of the sheath sternite; vertical arrow pointing to foot of page in 3 indicates anterior margin of sheath tergite; vertical and horizontal lines in 4 indicate length (vertical) and width (horizontal) of sheath sternite; lower paired arrows in 8 indicate emarginated margin of sheath sternite.

FIGURES 101–107. Abscondita berembun Nada sp. nov. (101, 102 holotype male and paratype female; 103–107 paratypes). 101–103 dorsal habitus; 104–107 ventral habitus. Scale line is 2 mm.

FIGURES 108–113. Abscondita berembun Nada sp. nov. paratype males. 108, 109 abdomen: 108 ventral; 109 dorsal; 110 aedeagal sheath ventral (projections at sides of tergite arrowed); 111–113 aedeagus: 111 dorsal; 112 ventral; 113 right lateral. Scale lines are 1 mm.