Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera Author Ballantyne, Lesley A. lballantyne@csu.edu.au Author Lambkin, Christine L. lballantyne@csu.edu.au text Zootaxa 2013 2013-05-22 3653 1 1 162 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1 1175-5326 5265340 72A07BC6-AEB0-4EBC-AFA8-F5871065680F Australoluciola foveicollis (Olivier) comb. nov. [ Figs 56–65 ] Luciola foveicollis Olivier, 1909a:316 . Luciola (Luciola) foveicollis Olivier. McDermott, 1966:104 . Lectotype . Male. NEW GUINEA 09.25S 147.35E , Central Province : labelled 1. New Guinea S. E. Haveri , Loria , VII–XI, 1893; 2. Typus in red print; 3. handwritten label foveicollis E. Oliv. ; designated here ( MCSN ). Other specimens examined. NEW GUINEA : 8.30S , 151.06E Milne Bay Province Kiriwini, Trobriand Island iii– iv–v.1895 A S Meek male ( MNHN ) . 08.55S , 148.10E , Mt Lamington 1300–1500 feet C T McNamara 10 males 4 females ( SAMA ) . 09.25S 147.35E , Central Province , Haveri vii–ix (18)93, Loria , male bearing pink handwritten label “ L foveicollis Ern Oliv. ”( MNHN ) Olivier Box 72. Paumomu Riv. Loria ix–xii (18) 92 male ( MNHN ) . 9.30S , 150.40E Milne Bay prov. , Fergusson Is ix x xi xii (18)94 A S Meek female ( Pic box 40 id by Pic ), male ( Olivier box 72) ( MNHN ) . Mamai Plantation near Port Glasgow 60 m , 12.11.1965 male RS ( BPBM ) . Diagnosis. One of three New Guinean Australoluciola with orange pronotum, dark elytra and trisinuate posterior margin of V7. Distinguished by the larger irregularly shaped punctures across parts of the elytra; distinguished from Aus. anthracina most obviously by the pale T7, 8 (those of some anthracina are dark), and from Aus. pharusaurea , which has only been recorded on New Britain , by the dark head (that of pharusaurea is golden yellow between the eyes). FIGURES 45–55. Australoluciola spp. 45, 54, 55 Australoluciola flavicollis , male 45, female 54, 55 (ANIC). 46 Luciola coarcticollis type male (MNHN). 47 Luciola gestroi type male (MNHN). 45–47 dorsal; 48 ventral V4–7 and T8; 49–51 aedeagus left lateral (49), ventral (50) and dorsal; 52, 53 aedeagal sheath with aedeagus ventral (52) and dorsal; 54, 55 female bursa from side (54) and beneath (55). Figure legends: 2 posterior plates; 3 anterior plates. These figures share scale lines:49– 51; 52, 53. FIGURES 56–65. Australoluciola foveicollis male (56–60 Haveri, MNHN; 61–65 Mt Lamington SAMA). 56 dorsal; 57 ventral; 58 detail pronotum; 59, 60 lateral margins of elytron, posterior (59) and anterior half; 61, 62 abdomen ventral (61) and dorsal; 63–65 aedeagus right lateral (63), ventral (64) and dorsal. These figures share scale lines: 59, 60; 61, 62; 63–65. Male. 8.0– 9.2 mm long ( lectotype 8.3mm ). Colour ( Figs 56, 57 ): pronotum pale yellow-orange; pale semitransparent areas of pronotum reveal fat body beneath; MN pale yellow; MS yellowish, brown posteriorly in lectotype , or pale yellowish brown; elytra shiny, dark often reddish brown, with sutural ridge narrowly paler in lectotype , sutural ridge and lateral margins narrowly reddish brown in Paumomu and some Mt Lamington males; head, labrum, antennae and palpi medium to dark brown; ventral surface of prothorax yellow; coxae, trochanters and basal 1/3 femora 1, 2 yellow, remainder of legs 1, 2 brown; ventral surface of mesothorax yellowish, semitransparent; ventral surface of metathorax medium brown; coxae 3 light brown, trochanters and bases of femora pale, semitransparent, remainder of legs 3 medium to dark brown; basal abdominal ventrites medium brown, may be semitransparent; posterior margin of V5 narrowly pale; LOs in V6, 7 yellowish; T6–8 clear cream, semi-transparent; basal abdominal tergites medium brown, semi-transparent. Pronotum ( Fig. 58 ): 1.4–2.9 mm wide, 0.9–1.7 mm long; W/L = 1.5–1.7; densely clothed in short yellow hairs; surface dull; punctures contiguous; midanterior margin gently rounded, projecting only a little beyond broadly rounded anterolateral corners with lateral margins subparallel-sided (B=C) in lectotype and Trobriand male where anterolateral corners are angulate; lateral margins usually strongly divergent posteriorly with anterolateral corners acute, posterolateral corners usually acute, broadly rounded in Paumomu River male. Elytron ( Figs 59, 60 ): 3 slightly elevated interstitial lines visible; punctures over lateral surface broader than pronotal punctures and somewhat irregular in outline. Head: moderately excavated between the eyes; GHW 1.6 ( lectotype )–2.0 mm; SIW 0.3 mm ; ASW = ASD in lectotype , ASD <ASW in remainder; FS subequal in length. Abdomen ( Figs 61, 62 ): LOs occupying V6, 7 entirely except for narrow posterior margin of 7 and extending into MPP and PLP; MPP of V7 rounded, W>L and longer than PLP; posterior margin of T8 gently trisinuate with lateral margins diverging anteriorly ( Fig. 62 ); ventral face of T8 gently concave in median area, with lateral ridges slightly developed, and flanges absent. Aedeagus ( Figs 63–65 ): relatively short and wide anterior prolongtion of ML; lateral margins of LL straight, not expanded in apical ½, apices obliquely truncate; L/W=3.5. Remarks. A lectotype male (first in a syntype series) was designated to overcome inconsistent descriptions of this species, which did not allow adequate categorisation of foveicollis . Olivier (1909a) recorded foveicollis from Haveri in Central province (Sogeri Plateau) on the mainland of New Guinea , and described unusual pronotal sculpturing. LB saw nothing distinctive on the lectotype and other Haveri specimens pronotum ( Fig. 58 ) except the midposterolateral depressed areas which Olivier did not highlight. However Medeopteryx sublustris has distinctive pronotal sculpturing ( Fig. 184 ), but resembles foveicollis in colouration only. The male of Aus. aspera has distinctive pronotal sculpturing, but differs from Aus. foveicollis in pronotal colouration ( Fig. 25 ). Olivier (1909a) described the "apparent" similarity of foveicollis to the female of aspera . Olivier (1913b) recorded the species from Haveri*, Paumomu River, Kiriwini*, Trobriand* and Fergusson* of which the last three are islands (the Trobriand Islands are now officially known as the Kiriwina Islands). Specimens from * have been relocated and are addressed here.