Asymmetricata bicoloripes ( Pic 1927 ) Ho, 2019

Ho, - Z., 2019, The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, Zootaxa 4687 (1), pp. 1-174 : 48

Asymmetricata bicoloripes ( Pic 1927) comb. nov.

Figs 139, 140

Luciola bicoloripes Pic 1927: 37 . McDermott 1966: 100.

Type. Male. VIETNAM (as TONKIN). Labelled 1 . Type (hand written); 2. TYPE (red printed label); Luciola bicoloripes n. sp. (handwritten); 4. Locality label unclear (handwritten). ( MNHN).

Diagnosis. Having bipartite LO in V7; the only species in this genus having both bipartite LO in V7 and pale brown dorsal colouration.

Remarks. Tonkin (Vietnamese Bắc Kỳ) is the northernmost part of Viet Nam south of Yunnan Province in China and east of northern Laos. This species is not further distinguished here apart from the key to males. However it is reliably assigned here and was identified clearly in the collection of the MNHN by Ballantyne in 2013 as having bipartite LO in V7 and an asymmetrical abdominal T8.

Figures

FIGURES 139–147. Asymmetricata spp. 139, 140 Luciola bicoloripes type male; 141–146 As. circumdata 141, 145–147 Tenasserim (Prague); 142, 143 Ranong (ANIC); 144 Thailand Mae Hong son (Prague); 139, 141, 143 ventral habitus; 140 type labels; 142, 144 dorsal habitus; 145–147 detail ventrites 6, 7.