Species Medeopteryx platygaster (Lea, 1909)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Luciola platygaster Lea, A.M. 1909. Revision of the Australian and Tasmanian Malacodermidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1909(1): 45-251 pls II-VI [Date published Jun. 4, 1909] [110].

  Type data:

   Lectotype SAMA ♂, Cairns, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) SAMA ♂ 4♀, Cairns, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) ♂ 2♀, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Ballantyne, L.A. & McLean, M.R. 1970. Revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 96: 223-305 [Date published August 18, 1970] [242]; Calder, A.A. 1998. Coleoptera: Elateroidea. In Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.6. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. xiii 248 pp. [180] (interprets the incorrect inference to a holotype as a lectotype designation (Art. 74, ICZN 1985)).

Generic Combinations

• Pteroptyx platygaster (Lea, 1909). —
  Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. 2000. Lampyridae of Australia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(1): 15–93 [Date published 31 Dec. 2000] [69]
• Medeopteryx platygaster (Lea, 1909). —
  Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2013. Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera. Zootaxa 3653(1): 1-162 [91]

General References

Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. 2000. Lampyridae of Australia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 46(1): 15–93 [Date published 31 Dec. 2000] [69] (restored to valid species status)

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