Species Pygoluciola cowleyi (Blackburn, 1897)

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• Luciola cowleyi Blackburn, T. 1897. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 21: 28-39 [Date published Jul. 31, 1897] [34].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, north QLD; exact locality unknown.
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 8 specimens.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ballantyne, L.A. 1968. Revisional studies of Australian and Indomalayan Luciolini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 11(6): 105-139 [125]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [178] (interprets the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).
• Luciola quadricostata Pic, M. 1938. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der indo-malayischen Malacodermata. pp. 3-6 in Wittmer, W. Prof. Dr. E. Handschin, Studienreise auf den Sundainseln und in Nordaustralien. 1930–32. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 10: 2-7 [3].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHMB ♂, Burnside, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Ballantyne, L.A. 1968. Revisional studies of Australian and Indomalayan Luciolini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology 11(6): 105-139 [125]

 

Generic Combinations

• Pygoluciola cowleyi (Blackburn, 1897). —
  Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2013. Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera. Zootaxa 3653(1): 1-162 [109]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: terrestrial, volant.

Larva: predator.

 

General References

Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. 2000. Lampyridae of Australia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(1): 15–93 [Date published 31 Dec. 2000] [58] (revised diagnosis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
21-Jun-2013		21-Jun-2013	MODIFIED
21-Jun-2013		13-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)