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Issue: Vol. 5428 No. 3: 22 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-22
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5428.3.4
Page range: 393-412
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First record of the genus Pygoluciola Wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Sri Lanka with two new species, P. rammale and P. ruhuna

Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Ruhuna; Sri Lanka
School of Agricultural Environmental and Veterinary Science; Charles Sturt University; PO Box 588; Wagga Wagga; 2678; Australia
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Ruhuna; Sri Lanka
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Ruhuna; Sri Lanka
Department of Zoology; Faculty of Science; University of Ruhuna; Sri Lanka
Coleoptera Fireflies new records South Asia

Abstract

We present the first record of the Southeast Asian firefly genus, Pygoluciola Wittmer, 1939 from Sri Lanka with descriptions of two new distinctive yellow species, P. rammale Wijekoon & De Silva sp. nov. and P. ruhuna Wijekoon & De Silva sp. nov. Both species are from a low-land forest in Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and females were associated with males when captured together in copula. An updated list of species, and key to males and known females of Pygoluciola is presented.

 

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