Atyphella scintillans Olliff, 1890

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 : 52

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5324354
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scientific name	Atyphella scintillans Olliff, 1890
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Atyphella scintillans Olliff, 1890 View in CoL

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Atyphella scintillans Olliff, 1890:650 View in CoL . Lea, 1909:111; 1921a:198 (female). Ballantyne in Calder, 1998:177 (comb. rev.). Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000: 51, 2001: 364, 2006: 30.

Luciola decora Olivier, 1902:77 ; 1907:51; 1910b:47. Lea, 1909:111 (synonymy).

Luciola (Atyphella) scintillans (Olliff) View in CoL . McDermott, 1964:44.

Luciola (Luciola) scintillans (Olliff) View in CoL . McDermott, 1966:112.

Lectotype. Male. AUSTRALIA: Ash Island , Upper Hunter River designated by Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2000 ( AMS).

Diagnosis. Male with yellow pronotum with median dark markings; dark brown elytra with 4 interstitial lines; head can be retracted into prothoracic cavity; antennae 9 segmented. Female brachelytral, elytra meet in mid-line, hind wings vestigial. Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2000: 51 characterised the distinctively coloured larva.