The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
Author
Fu, Xinhua
Author
Ballantyne, Lesley
Author
Lambkin, Christine
text
Zootaxa
2012
3405
1
34
journal article
44610
10.5281/zenodo.211302
d849f41f-5ac9-4f89-83dc-aad867ff8719
1175-5326
211302
Pteroptyx valida
Olivier
Figs 55–60, 89, 90
Pteroptyx validum
Olivier
, 1909a: 397
; 1910: 48.
Pteroptyx valida
Olivier.
McDermott, 1966
: 117
.
Ballantyne & McLean, 1970
: 256
.
Wing
et al.
, 1983
:86
.
Lloyd & Wing, 1981
: 459
.
Lloyd
et al.,
1989
:373
.
Lloyd, 1977
:63
; 1979: 300; 1981:97; 1983:141. Ballantyne, 2001:79.
Material examined.
MALAYSIA
:
Selangor, two 4th instar larvae (of a total of 33) bred from eggs collected from a gravid female by Rasainthiran Menayah; used for SEM.
Diagnosis
. Without laterally explanate tergal margins and laterotergites usually visible at sides of body when viewed from above (Figs 55–60, 89–90).
Remarks.
Redescribed by
Ballantyne and Menayah (2002)
from specimens bred by Menayah.