Luciola marginipennis (Boisduval 1835)

Lampyris marginipennis Boisduval 1835: 126

Luciola Marginipennis Laporte 1833: 151 . Nomen nudum.

Colophotia marginipennis Dejean 1837: 103 . Nomen nudum. Germar 1848: 184. (Incorrect record from Adelaide).

Luciola marginipennis Guérin-Méneville. Motschulsky 1854: 53 . Lacordaire 1857: 338. Olivier 1902: 83. Lea 1909: 46, 106. McDermott 1966: 109.

Luciola marginipennis Boisduval. Olivier 1913a: 417 . Incorrect attribution of author to Guérin-Méneville. Ballantyne & Lambkin 2009: 106.

Type. Ile Waigiou (may be Waigeo off NW tip of Irian Jaya 130E, 0S). Location of holotype unknown.

Remarks. A large species (ca. 12 mm) with orange pronotum, black elytra with orange margins and red mesoscutellum. Ballantyne & Lambkin (2009: 106) discussed this species at length, concentrating on the original description of the MS as red to contrast it with specimens they assigned to Luciola limbata .