Australoluciola fuscaparva Ballantyne &amp; Lambkin 2013, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Ballantyne, Lesley A.
name: Lambkin, Christine L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Lampyridae
Australoluciola
Australoluciola fuscaparva

description: <i>Australoluciola fuscaparva</i> sp. nov. [Figs 72–74] <b>Holotype.</b> Male. <b>NEW GUINEA</b>: 7.20S, 146.45E, Morobe Pr., 4 mi n Wau elev. c 2800', nr Kunai Creek, Lae Road, Oct. 18, 1969, J.E. Lloyd, (G352) (ANIC). <b>Paratype</b> s. Same locality as holotype, Oct. 18 3 males (G348); Nov. 13 male (G590) (JELC); Oct. 17 male (G315); Nov. 16 male (G613); Nov. 12 male (G573); Oct. 18 male (G350) (ANIC). <b>Code Names.</b> <i>Luciola</i> 8, "little black" (Lloyd, 1973a). <b>Diagnosis.</b> Males dark brown (see Table 9) except for white posterior margin of V5, white LOs in V6, 7 and pale T6–8; distinguished from <i>Aus. fuscamagna</i> by its smaller size and different light patterns. Table 9 lists Luciolinae species having dark dorsal colouration. <b>Male.</b> 3.5–4.5 mm long. Colour (Figs 72, 74): entirely dark brown except for white V6 and 7 (LOs), white posterior 1/5 of V5, pale semitransparent T6–8 (Fig. 72), and small reddish brown elevated areas of pronotal disc. Pronotum (Fig. 74): 0.8–1.2 mm long, 0.9–1.4 mm wide; W/L = 1.2–1.3; median anterior margin projecting moderately beyond angulate anterolateral corners; lateral margins subparallel-sided (A=B=C); punctures shallow, separated at most by their width; median convex areas of disc smooth, shiny, almost apunctate. Elytra (Fig. 72): shiny, punctures dense, subcontiguous. Abdomen (Figs 72, 73): V3, V4 with posterior margins not recurved; posterior margin of V7 trisinuate (some ethanol preserved specimens appear to have PLP not produced); LOs in V7 occupying most of the area and reaching to sides but not to posterior margin; MPP apically rounded, L=W; as wide as and slightly longer than PLP (Figs). T8: Ventral surface of T8 with well developed lateral ridges without flanges, anterior inner area of ridges rounded; anterolateral prolongations of T8 wide, not as long as posterior entire portion. Aedeagus: anterior prolongation of ML short and wide; lateral margins of LL straight, converging posteriorly with apical ½ of lateral margins not visible beside ML; apices LL rounded; L/W=4.0. <b>Remarks.</b> This species is named for its similarity to <i>Aus. fuscamagna</i> and its smaller size (Latin, fuscus = dark, or black; parvus = small). <i>Aus. fuscaparva</i> flew in "a jerky, erratic manner while emitting 3–8 (usually 4–6) rapid flashes; each flash had a duration of ca 0.14 sec." in contrast to <i>Aus. fuscamagna</i> which "emitted a rapid, 1 sec. flicker” (Lloyd 1973b). Lloyd (1977) remarked "the flicker frequency of the little black <i>Luciola</i> is about half that of its relative" (<i>Aus. fuscamagna</i>).
description: Published as part of <i>Ballantyne, Lesley A. &amp; Lambkin, Christine L., 2013, Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera, pp. 1-162 in Zootaxa 3653 (1)</i> on page 55, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5265340
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