Two different species descriptions for Luciola roseicollis by Pic (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are compared, and a replacement name, Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne nomen novum, for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 is proposed.
In McDermott’s (1966) catalog of the family Lampyridae two citations are listed under the heading Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1933. Both articles include descriptions of L. roseicollis and also the statement that they are new species (Pic 1933, 1935). After comparing both descriptions OK contacted LB with the suspicion that the descriptions are about two different species

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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Insecta Mundi Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida 6-25-2021 Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne, new replacement name for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Oliver Keller Lesley Ballantyne Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi  Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FLDate of issue: June 25, 20210874Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne,  new replacement name for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)Oliver KellerFlorida State Collection of ArthropodsFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesP.O. Box 147100Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, U.S.A.Lesley BallantyneSchool of Agricultural and Wine SciencesCharles Sturt UniversityWagga Wagga, NSW, AustraliaInsecta MundIA journal of world insect systematicsPage Count: 3Keller and BallantyneKeller O, Ballantyne L. 2021. Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne, new replacement name for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insecta Mundi 0874: 1–3.Published on June 25, 2021 byCenter for Systematic Entomology, Inc.P.O. 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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commer-cial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/Insecta MundI0874: 1–3 2021Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne,  new replacement name for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)Oliver KellerFlorida State Collection of ArthropodsFlorida Department of Agriculture and Consumer ServicesP.O. Box 147100Gainesville, FL 32614-7100, U.S.A.okeller1977@gmail.comLesley BallantyneSchool of Agricultural and Wine SciencesCharles Sturt UniversityWagga Wagga, NSW, Australialballantyne@csu.edu.auAbstract. Two different species descriptions for Luciola roseicollis by Pic (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are compared, and a replacement name, Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne nomen novum, for Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 is proposed.Key words. Firefly, nomen novum, LuciolinaeZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E8EA794F-9640-4195-BE0E-58483579117DIntroductionIn McDermott’s (1966) catalog of the family Lampyridae two citations are listed under the heading Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1933. Both articles include descriptions of L. roseicollis and also the statement that they are new species (Pic 1933, 1935). After comparing both descriptions OK contacted LB with the suspicion that the descrip-tions are about two different species. Materials and MethodsWe translated the original descriptions by Pic (1933, 1935) to compare both descriptions and LB referenced her notes on the Asian luciolines to find any other species Pic could have been looking at while describing either species.TaxonomyLuciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne, nomen novumLuciola roseicollis Pic 1935: 6. McDermott 1966: 112 partim; Fu et al. 2010: 15 partim (nec Luciola roseicollis Pic 1933: 109).Type. Male. CHINA as Kina S Kansu. MNHN. Labelled: 1. Handwritten roseicollis n sp; 2. handwritten voisin de calceata; 3. Red card printed TYPE; 4. Printed Sven Hedins Exp. Ctr. Asien Dr Hummel; 5. Printed Kina S. Kansu.Etymology. The species is named for Christine Lambkin (Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, Australia). Dr. Lambkin has been collaborating with LB since 2000 trying to make sense of the Australopacific and Asian lucio-line fauna. This is a small honor for 21 years of shared interest and collaboration.Diagnosis. Rosy pink pronotum; narrow anterior dark marking may reflect retraction of fat body in this area and the dark color is probably the dark head showing through the transparent cuticle; mesoscutellum dingy yellow; 2 · June 25, 2021 Keller and Ballantyneelytra black and subparallel-sided; most of ventral surface (and head) black except for brown femora of hind legs (interpretation of other legs not possible), and white light organ occupying all of the terminal two abdominal ven-trites except for a narrow median posterior yellowish portion; lateral margins of light organ in ventrite 7 converge posteriorly, and posterior margin truncate, with very slight broad emargination.Remarks. This specimen was not dissected and thus reliable assignment to any genus is not possible. We have assigned it to the genus Luciola sensu lato, a category Ballantyne et al. (2019) used for Luciolinae species still not investigated nor assigned to any genus. This category is one of convenience and has no taxonomic standing. Pic (1935) highlighted the very slight emargination of the posterior margin of the ventrite 7 light organ (“ultimo truncato aut paulo emarginato”) and considered the species close to the similarly colored Luciola cerata Olivier differing in the pinkish pronotal tint with an anterior dark marking. Luciola cerata was redescribed from a lecto-type designation by Fu and Ballantyne (2008) and subsequently assigned to the genus Abscondita by Ballantyne et al. (2013). It is only known from Taiwan. Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1933Luciola roseicollis Pic 1933: 109. McDermott 1966: 112 partim. Fu et al. 2010: 15 partim.Type. Not located.Diagnosis. In the absence of any reliably identified specimens this diagnosis is based on Pic’s original description. 7 mm long. With thorax rosy red, mesoscutellum yellow; elytra black; having a distinct costa (“in disco distincte costatis”).Remarks. Pic’s (1933) description relied on color patterns but he did highlight the presence of a (?single) elytral costa or ridge which is a feature of the genus Curtos Motschulsky (see Ballantyne et al. 2019) and indicated the similarity of this species to Luciola impolita Olivier, which has subsequently been assigned to Curtos. Curtos is also known to have distinctive dorsal punctation but Pic described the elytral punctation as “minute et dense punctatis”. We are unable to interpret what Pic intended in his description of the elytral apices as “depressis”. Assignment to the genus Luciola sensu lato is made under the same provisions as outlined above.Fu et al. (2010) confused the issue in referring to Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1933. While their description of color patterns followed the 1933 format, they incorrectly referenced Pic’s (1933) description of the abdomen as possibly being that of a female. Pic (1935) had described the abdomen as truncated and slightly emarginate which suggested a female.Results and DiscussionAfter comparing the descriptions we concluded that Pic described two different species. We were able to study and diagnose a type specimen from Pic (1935) but are unable to identify the 1933 specimen apart from surmising it probably belongs to the genus Curtos.Luciola roseicollis Pic, 1935 is a primary homonym and requires a new name based on the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 1999, Articles 23.3.5 and 60.3). Here we propose Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne, nomen novum, to replace L. roseicollis Pic, 1935.AcknowledgmentsWe thank Howard Frank for his help with the translations of the descriptions from Latin. We thank Paul Skelley and Matthew Moore (Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry) for pre-submission reviews. Lastly, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (FDACS-DPI), for support of this work.Luciola lambkinae, replacement name for L. roseicollis Insecta Mundi  0874 · 3Literature CitedBallantyne LA, Fu X-H, Lambkin CL, Jeng M-L, Faust LF, Wijekoon WMCD, Li D, Zhu T. 2013. Studies on south-east Asian fireflies: Abscondita, a new genus with details of life history, flashing patterns and behaviour of Abs. chinensis (L.) and Abs. terminalis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 3721(1): 1–48.Ballantyne LA, Lambkin CL, Ho JZ, Jusoh WFAW, Nada B, Nak-Eiam S, Thancharoen A, Wattanachaiyingcharoen W, Yiu V. 2019. The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: A revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyri-dae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species. Zootaxa 4687(1): 1–174.Fu X-H, Ballantyne LA. 2008. Taxonomy and behaviour of lucioline fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) with redefinition and new species of Pygoluciola Wittmer from mainland China and review of Luciola LaPorte. Zootaxa 1733(1): 1–44.Fu X-H, Ballantyne LA, Lambkin CL. 2010. Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 2530(1): 1–18.ICZN [International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature]. 1999. International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Fourth Edition, adopted by the International Union of Biological Sciences. International Trust for Zoological Nomen-clature; London. xxix + 306 p.McDermott FA. 1966. Lampyridae. p. 1–149. In: Steel WO (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk; Gravenhage, Netherlands. 149 p.Pic M. 1933. Malacodermes exotiques. L’Échange. Revue Linnéenne 49(451): 109–112.Pic M. 1935. Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Lei-tung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Sii Ping-chang. Insekten gesammelt vom schwedischen Arzt der Expedition Dr. David Hummel 1927–1930. 16. Coleoptera. 2. Helmidae, Dermestidae, Anobiidae, Cleridae, Malacodermata, Dascil-lidae, Heteromera (ex. p.), Bruchidae, Cerambycidae, Phytophaga (ex. p.). Arkiv för Zoologi 27A(2): 1–14.Received April 28, 2021; accepted June 1, 2021.Review editor David Plotkin.

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