Aquatica ficta (Olivier)

Fu, Xinhua, Ballantyne, Lesley & Lambkin, Christine L., 2010, Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica Wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae), Zootaxa 2530, pp. 1-18 : 6

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Aquatica ficta (Olivier) View in CoL

Figs 2–7 View FIGURES 2 – 7

Luciola ficta Olivier, 1909:249 View in CoL . Pic, 1911:188. McDermott, 1966:104. Ho & Jiang, 1997:42. Yeh, 1999:1. Jeng et al. 2003:545. Chen, 2003:163.

Luciola ovalis Hope. Matsumara 1918:84 View in CoL misidentification. Chang 1994:1 misidentification.

Type. Lectotype female. CHINA: Guizhou (designated by Jeng et al. 2003:545). Not examined by these authors.

Specimens examined. CHINA. Fujian province, Fuqing, 14.v.2008, XH FU, male, 4 females ( ANIC). Taiwan, Miyaoli, breeding, 7.ii.1981, N Ohba, 2 males ( ANIC). Taiwan Taihoku, 6.v.1928, F Hadden, male ( SAM).

Diagnosis. Males with orange pronotum ( Fig. 3 View FIGURES 2 – 7 ), dark brown elytra having very narrow pale margins which are prominent along the suture, and extend from humerus to mesoscutellum; margins extending narrowly around elytral apex and along lateral margin; ventral surface of epipleuron pale; aedeagus ( Figs 6, 7 View FIGURES 2 – 7 ) similar to that of A. leii with LL apices inturned and hooked; inner basal margins of LL not toothed; ML slender along most of its length with base bulbous; aedeagal sheath ( Fig. 5 View FIGURES 2 – 7 ) with sternite apically entire and slightly produced, consistent with Jeng et al. (2003 Fig. 29), anterior half slightly bent to the right, posterior half strongly bent to right (margins may appear angulate where anterior and posterior halves join); sheath sternite about as wide in posterior half as anterior half; females ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 8 – 16 ) macropterous and coloured as for males. Jeng et al. (2003) indicated this species frequents still water and is common around rice paddies in Taiwan.

Remarks. Adequate characterisation of this species is important as Jeng et al. (2003) found no males in the Musée National d'histoire Naturelle, Paris when they designated a female Lectotype, and any subsequent identification of males is based on similarity of colour to the female. Males from Taiwan were identified by Pic (1911) as belonging to this species. While the colour pattern is very useful, the few specimens scored by Ballantyne and Lambkin (2009) differed slightly from Jeng et al. (2003) and further study of the variability of this species is necessary.

References

Jeng, M. L, Lai, J. & Yang, P. S. (2003) Lampyridae: A synopsis of aquatic fireflies with description of a new species (Coleoptera). Pp. 539 - 562 in Jach, MA & Ji, L. Editors. Water Beetles of China. Volume III. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Asterreich and wiener Coleopterologenverein. Vienna, Austria: 572 pp.

Ballantyne, L. A. & Lambkin, C. (2009) Systematics of Indo - Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa, 1997, 1 - 188.

Chang, J. C. (1994) Studies on artificial rearing of aquatic firefly, Luciola ovalis Hope, in Taiwan. Taichung: department of Entomology, National Chung-Hsing Uuniversity. Master's thesis, 48 pp. (In Chinese).

Chen, T. R. (2003) Fireflies of Taiwan. Field Image Publications, Taipei, Taiwan. 255 pp. (In Chinese)

Ho, J. R. & Jiang, B. H. (1997) Two firefly species with aquatic larvae in Taiwan. Conservation Quarterly, 17, 42 - 46.

Matsumara, M. (1918) The fireflies of Japan. Kyoiku-Gaho (Education Illustration Post) 6 (3), 82 - 89.

McDermott, F. A. (1966) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Supplement 9. Lampyridae. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk. Gravenhage, The Netherlands.

Olivier, E. (1909) Coleopteres Lampyrides rapports du Kouy-Tcheou, region de Pin Fa (Chine). Bulletin du Museum National d ΄ Historie naturelle Paris, 15, 247 - 250.

Pic, M. (1911) H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute: Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Mordellidae (Col.). Deutsche Entomologische National-Bibliothek, 2, 188 - 189.

Yeh, S. (1999) The Habitat Management and Food Preference of an Aquatic Firefly, Luciola ficta (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Master's Thesis. Graduate Institute of Plant and Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan.

Figures

FIGURES 2 – 7. Aquatica ficta male, female (Fig. 4 only). 2, 4 ventral, 3 dorsal, whole body. 5 aedeagal sheath ventral (arrows indicate lateral projections of margins of sheath sternite). 6, 7 aedeagus dorsal and ventrolateral. Scale line is 1 mm.

FIGURES 8 – 16. Aquatica lateralis male. Figure 16 Aquatica hydrophila male. 8 dorsal pronotum. 9 ventral terminal abdomen. 10 – 12 aedeagus dorsal, left lateral and ventral. 13, 14 aedeagal sheath ventral (arrows indicate lateral projections of margins of sheath sternite). 15, 16 dorsal body (15 minus abdomen). Scale line is 1 mm.