Luciola ( Luciola ) orapallida Ballantyne. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000:67
Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera
Ballantyne, Lesley A.
Lambkin, Christine L.
Zootaxa
2013
2013-05-22
3653
1
1
162
JV28
(Ballantyne)
Ballantyne & Lambkin
2013
Ballantyne
[151,631,946,972]
Insecta
Lampyridae
Australoluciola
Animalia
Coleoptera
57
58
Arthropoda
species
orapallida
comb. nov.
Luciola( Luciola) orapallidaBallantyne. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000:67.
Holotype. Male. QUEENSLAND: 13.57S, 143.12E, Cape York Peninsula, east coast, Silver Plains: Massey River, 12.xii.1964, salt-water couch, L. Powell( QMBAT62935).
Diagnosis. Male 6.0– 7.2 mmlong; similar to Aus. australis(F.) and Aus. flavicollis(Macleay), distinguished by the broad pale lateral bands on the elytra, the pale colour of the venter and the outline of V7, and the narrow, widely separated aedeagal LL. Female macropterous, coloured as for male. Presumed larva similar to that of Aus. australis( Ballantyne & Lambkin 2000 Fig. 22b).
T62935
1964-12-12
QMBA
L. Powell
Cape
-13.57
Silver Plains
774
143.12
Peninsula
57
58
1
Queensland
holotype