A new species of Petalacmis firefly from Bolivia, with a key to species (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

Petalacmis Olivier, 1908 is a poorly known genus of firefly endemic to South America and is currently the only member of the subfamily Lampyrinae, tribe Lampyrini known to occur on the continent. Here, we describe a new species, Petalacmistriplehornisp. nov. from Bolivia and compare it to the two ot...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lima da Silveira, Luiz F., Branham, Marc A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2022
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9005466/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35586292
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1092.80464
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Sumario:Petalacmis Olivier, 1908 is a poorly known genus of firefly endemic to South America and is currently the only member of the subfamily Lampyrinae, tribe Lampyrini known to occur on the continent. Here, we describe a new species, Petalacmistriplehornisp. nov. from Bolivia and compare it to the two other described species in the genus. A key to Petalacmis species based on male traits, as well as illustrations of morphological features, are given in detail for the first time. We present unique, previously neglected traits of Petalacmis species and compare them to other Lampyrinae.

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