Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909

Ballantyne, Lesley A. & Lambkin, Christine, 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, pp. 1-188 : 43

publication ID	11755334
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5324258
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scientific name	Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909
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Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909 View in CoL

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Atyphella brevis Lea, 1909:111 View in CoL ; 1921a:197; 1929:345. Olivier, 1910b:46. Tillyard, 1926:212. Ballantyne In Calder, 1998:177 (comb. rev). Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000:29; 2001:364, 2006:30.

Luciola (Luciola) brevis (Lea) View in CoL . McDermott, 1966: 100.

Lectotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: 17.16S, 145.29E, Atherton , designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000 ( SAM). GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. One of six Australian species with striped elytra; Ballantyne & Lambkin (2000:29) distinguished brevis by a combination of characters including the convex–sided elytra, the poorly developed mouthparts and the acutely margined frons–vertex junction. Female, larva not associated.