Brasilocladodes, Bocakova & Campello-Gonçalves & Silveira, 2022

Bocakova, Milada, Campello-Gonçalves, Lucas & Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima Da, 2022, Phylogeny of the new subfamily Cladodinae: neotenic fireflies from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195, pp. 1181-1199 : 1193-1195

BRASILOCLADODES GEN. NOV.

( FIGS 2H, I , 3G , 4G , 8U–X , 9K, L, 10I1–J3)

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Type species: Lampyris illigeri Kirby, 1818 .

Diagnosis: Head with medium-sized eyes, anterior edge of pronotum covering head, including basal antennomeres, mandibles stout, (1) almost rightangled, antennae uniflabellate, lamellae slender, not spathuliform, branch of antennomere III the longest of all, abdomen strongly lobed, pygidium transverse, bisinuate, sternum VIII bisinuate with short, median triangular point, phallus apically cleft, parameral apices strongly curved in ventral view. Amongst other characters belong: (2) submarginal punctures on anterolateral pronotal corners fused, forming vitreous spots, (3) deeper than lateral punctures, (4) ventral margin of hypomeron strongly sinuose, (5) elytral costae II and III subparallel with suture, (6) posterior corners of abdominal sterna V–VII rounded, (7) lateroapical corners of pygidium broadly rounded and (8) pygidium with medioapical projection wider than the lateral ones.

Etymology: The prefix is derived from Brazil, the country of origin of the included species. The root word ‘ cladodes ’ refers to relationships to other Cladodinae (from Greek κλαδώδες, with many shoots, referring to the antennae). Gender masculine.

Distribution: Brazil.

Species included: Brasilocladodes carinatus (Olivier, 1899) comb. nov., B. delalandei (Olivier,

1885) comb. nov., B. illigeri (Kirby, 1818) comb. nov..

Figures

Figure 2. Representatives of the Cladodinae; A, Cladodes flabellatus (photo: A. Reyes); B, Cladodes cincticollis (photo: V. Valdés); C, Cladodes ater (photo: M. Cid); D, Ledocas remixtus (photo: S. Quipildor-Sánchez); E, Nyctocrepis demoulini (photo: A. Madruga); F, Nyctocrepis stellata (photo:A.Katz); G, Dodacles elegans (photo: P. Smith); H, Brasilocladodes illigeri (photo: L. Silveira); I, Brasilocladodes delalandei (photo: A. Bouzan); J, Ledocas proteus (photo: M. Rojas-Quintero).

Figure 3. Habitus, dorsal view; A, Cladodes flabellatus; B, Ledocas parallelus; C, Ledocas pikillactanus sp. nov.; D, Nyctocrepis malleri; E, Andecladodes ovalis; F, Andecladodes cosangensis, lamella of antennomere III damaged; G, Brasilocladodes carinatus; H, Dryptelytra cayennensis; I, Dodacles elegans; J, Dodacles niger; K, Dodacles lateralis; L, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.. Scales: 5 mm.

Figure 8. A, C, E, G, I, K, M, O, Q, S, U, W, Sternum VIII; B, D, F, H, J, L, N, P, R, T, V, X, Pygidium; A, B, Ledocas parallelus; C, D, Ledocas pikillactanus sp. nov.; E, F, Andecladodes cosangensis; G, H, Andecladodes ovalis; I, J, Dryptelytra cayennensis; K, L, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.; M, N, Dodacles elegans; O, P, Dodacles niger; Q, R, Dodacles lateralis; S, T, Nyctocrepis malleri; U, V, Brasilocladodes illigeri; W, X, Brasilocladodes carinatus. Scales: 1 mm.

Figure4. Pronotum:A,Cladodescincticollis;B,Ledocasparallelus;C,Ledocaspikillactanus;D,Nyctocrepismalleri;E,Andecladodes ovalis;F,Andecladodes cosangensis, lamellaof antennomere IIIdamaged;G, Brasilocladodescarinatus; H,Dryptelytra cayennensis; I, Dodacles elegans; J, Dodacles niger; K, Dodacles lateralis; L, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.. Scales: 1 mm.