Aquatica wuhana Fu et Ballantyne

Fu, Xinhua, Ballantyne, Lesley & Lambkin, Christine, 2012, The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Zootaxa 3405, pp. 1-34 : 14

Aquatica wuhana Fu et Ballantyne

Figs 79, 80

Aquatica wuhana Fu et Ballantyne 2010:1 .

Material examined. CHINA: Three fourth instars bred from an original population of five males and two females collected from E Jia Bian Village, Jiang Xia District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, May 28, 2008 (NHMHAU).

Diagnosis. Protergum with extensive pale areas at anterolateral, and obliquely across posterolateral corners, extending medially almost meeting across posterior margin; each set of dorsal plates of thoracic terga 2, 3 and abdominal terga 1–3 with pale posterolateral corners, pale area extending narrowly across posterior margin to expand slightly at inner area; abdominal terga 4–6 with pale markings restricted to posterolateral corners and to one side of median line; abdominal terga 8, 9 pale along lateral margins; narrow median line extending from anterior margin of thoracic tergum 2 to posterior margin of abdominal tergum 8 (Figs 79–80); abdominal glands with 3–7 spines ( Fu et al. 2010; Figs 48, 49); antennal segment 3 with closely adpressed finger like projections subequal in length to adjacent sense cone; mandibles lacking retinaculum; palpi with terminal sense organs ( Fu et al. 2010; Figs 44–47).