Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 08 Jul 2010Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 2,530 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Fu, Xinhua; Ballantyne, Lesley; Lambkin, Christine L.;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.2530.1.1 , 10.5281/zenodo.196535

Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)

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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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Charles Sturt University
Australia
Huazhong Agricultural University
China (People's Republic of)
Queensland Museum
Australia

Keywords

Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Lampyridae, Taxonomy

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