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Issue: Vol. 2530 No. 1: 8 Jul. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-07-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2530.1.1
Page range: 1–18
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Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)

Hubei Insect Resources Utilization and Sustainable Pest Management Key Laboratory, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, 430070, China
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 588, Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia
Queensland Centre for Biodiversity, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
Coleoptera Aquatica gen. nov. A. wuhana sp. n. China

Abstract

Aquatica, a new genus of aquatic fireflies from mainland China, is described and keyed from males of A. leii (Fu et Ballantyne 2006), A. ficta (Olivier 1909), A. hydrophila (Jeng et al. 2003) and A. lateralis (Motsch. 1860), all transferred from Luciola, and A. wuhana sp. n. from Hubei Province, which is described from adult males and females and larvae. Adult females and larvae are associated for all species. Five species of aquatic fireflies are now recorded from China.

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