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Issue: Vol. 1611 No. 1: 10 Oct. 2007
Type: Article
Published: 2007-10-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1611.1.4
Page range: 55–62
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 53

Description of Luciola aquatilis sp. nov., a new aquatic firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Thailand

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, 10400, Thailand
School of Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 588, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611–0620, USA
Division of Entomology, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140., Lawrence, KS 66049–2811, USA
Coleoptera Lampyridae Luciola aquatilis firefly new species Thailand

Abstract

A new species of aquatic firefly belonging to Luciola Laporte is described and illustrated based on external morphology of both males and females, and the genitalia of males. Luciola aquatilis sp. nov., a common firefly in Thailand was formerly commonly misidentified as Luciola brahmina Bourgeois. Other Luciola species that resemble L. aquatilis are discussed, as well as past confusion concerning their taxonomic affinities.

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