Pteroptyx atripennis Pic 1923

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 : 163

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689159
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scientific name	Pteroptyx atripennis Pic 1923
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Pteroptyx atripennis Pic 1923 View in CoL

Pteroptyx atripennis Pic 1923: 59 View in CoL . McDermott 1966: 117. Ballantyne & McLean 1970: 264.

Type. Female , fragmentary, without antennae, legs and abdomen. LAOS. Labelled : 1. Printed on red card ‘type’; 2. Printed and handwritten ‘ Laos Pang Hai le 7.v.1920 R. Vitalis de Salvaza’; 3. Handwritten ‘ Pteroptyx atripennis n. sp. ’ ( MNHN) .

Remarks. Ballantyne and McLean (1970) addressed this species which they described as 6.6 mm long with orange pronotum and black elytra. Given that the distinguishing feature of the genus Pteroptyx at the time Pic was writing was based on two male features (trisinuate V7 and deflexed elytral apices), there was no justifiable reason for him to have assigned this species based on a female to Pteroptyx .