Species Atyphella lychnus Olliff, 1890
Blue Mountains Firefly
- Atyphella lychnus Olliff, A.S. 1890. New species of Lampyridae, including a notice of the Mt. Wilson fire-fly. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 643-653 [Date published 3 February 1890] [647].
Type data:
Lectotype AM K33996 ♂ (i.1889, A.S. Olliff), Mt Wilson, Blue Mts, Sydney and Kiama, NSW.
Paralectotype(s) AM ♂, same data as Lectotype.Subsequent designation 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] [43].
Generic Combinations
- Luciola (Luciola) lychnus (Olliff, 1890). —
McDermott, F.A. 1966. Lampyridae. pp. 1-149 in Steel, W.O. (ed.). Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa. Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 9 149 pp. [Date published 26 April 1966] [109] - Luciola (Atyphella) lychnus (Olliff, 1890). —
Moore, B.P. 1989. A Guide to the Beetles of South-eastern Australia. Greenwich, N.S.W. : Australian Entomological Press Fasc. 9 pp. 133-148. [136]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
Larva: predator.
Diagnosis References
Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. 2009. Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 1997(1): 1-188 [Date published 4 Feb 2009] [50] (additional notes)
General References
Olliff, A.S. 1890. New species of Lampyridae, including a notice of the Mt. Wilson fire-fly. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(3): 643-653 [Date published 3 February 1890] [648] (larval description)
Olliff, A.S. 1890. Note on Atyphella lychnus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1297-1298 [Date published 15 April 1890] [1297] (description of macropterous female)
Common Name References
Carne, P.B. (ed.) 1987. Scientific and Common Names of Insects and Allied Forms Occurring in Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO 120 pp. [98] (Blue Mountains Firefly)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 09-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 21-Jun-2013 | 21-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Jun-2013 | 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |