Cladodes, Solier, 1849

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 : 1186-1189

CLADODES S.S.

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Diagnosis: Frontoclypeal suture membranous, pronotum triangular, prothorax with the suture b e t w e e n h y p o m e r o n a n d p r o s t e r n u m f u s e d t o obliterate, metepisternum 2× longer than wide, pygidium with median apical projection at least 1.5× wider than lateral projection.

Species included: Cladodes flabellatus Solier, 1849 , Cladodes cincticollis (Blanchard, 1846) , Cladodes melanurus (Laporte, 1833) .

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 5. Antenna: A, Cladodes melanurus; B, Ledocas parallelus; C, Ledocas pikillactanus sp. nov.; D, Nyctocrepis malleri; E, Andecladodes ovalis; F, Andecladodes cosangensis; G, Dodacles elegans; H, Dryptelytra cayennensis; I, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.; J, Vesta chevrolatii. Scales: 1 mm.

Figure 10. Male genitalia, ventral, lateral and dorsal views: A, Cladodes flabellatus; B1, B2, Ledocas parallelus; C1, C2, Ledocas pikillactanus sp. nov.; D1, D2, Nyctocrepis malleri; E1, E2, Andecladodes cosangensis; F1, F2, Andecladodes ovalis; G1, G2, Dodacles niger; H1, H2, Dodacles lateralis; I1–I2, Brasilocladodes illigeri; J1–J3, Brasilocladodes carinatus.; K1–K3, Dodacles elegans; L1–L3, Dryptelytra cayennensis; M1–M3, Dryptelytra pampahermosae sp. nov.; N1, N2, Vesta chevrolatii. Scales: 0.5 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.