Colophotia, Motschulsky, 1853

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 : 68-69

Key to certain species of Colophotia using males

1. Elytral colouration mid to dark brown with pale lateral and sutural margins ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2013 fig. 62); narrow high median carina present between LO halves.................................................... plagiata Erichson Elytra pale brownish yellow dorsally, usually with an apical black area ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009 figs 98–100; 2013 figs 99–104, 107); median carina in V7 may be either well defined, narrow and elevated, or scarcely elevated, broad and rounded ....................................................................................................2

2. Dorsal colour pale brownish yellow with elytral apices dark marked ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009, figs 98–100; 2013 figs 99–103); median carina on V7 well defined, elevated and acutely margined; LO halves in V7 narrowly separated......... 3 Elytra totally pale yellow dorsally; median carina between LO halves low and wide; ( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009 figs 510– 512); LO halves in V7 widely separated ( Figs 206−221 )................................. concolor Olivier ; bakeri Pic

3. PLP of V7 well defined at least half as long as MPP; LO halves in V7 well separated; long and wide MPP with median ventral groove, prolonged at its apex into large hooks which curve strongly dorsally..... .. particulariventris Pic , praeusta Eschsch. PLP of V7 very short, about ¼ as long as MPP; LO halves in V7 very close; MPP longer than wide, without median ventral groove, prolonged at its apex into relatively short slender hooks which curve slightly inwards and upwards.... brevis Olivier

Figures

FIGURES 206−214. Colophotia bakeri syntype male (206−208); syntype female 209, 210, male 211−214. 206, 209 habitus dorsal; 207, 210 habitus ventral; 208 type labels; 211−214 abdomen: 211 dorsal ventrites 6 and 7 only after soaking in 70% ethanol; 212−214 whole abdomen: 212 ventral; 213 right lateral; 214 dorsal.

FIGURES 215−221. Colophotia bakeri male. 215−216 abdomen ventral (ventrites 4−7 only); 216 same left lateral; 217 ven- trites 6 and 7 right lateral (tergite 8 removed); 218−220 tergites 7, 8 with aedeagal sheath and aedeagus within sheath: 218 ventral, 219 dorsal. 220 left lateral; 221 tergite 8 with sheath removed.