Species Australoluciola flavicollis (W.J. Macleay, 1872)
- Luciola flavicollis Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [263].
Type data:
Holotype AMSA ♂, Gayndah, Queensland [25.37 S, 151.37E].
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, Wide Bay, QLD and Port Darwin, NT; AM ♂ ♀, Gayndah, QLD; SAMA 4♂ 3♀ (1♀ missing), Gayndah, QLD; ANIC 6♀, Silver Plains Homestead, Queensland [13.59S, 143.33E]. - Luciola gestroi Olivier, E. 1885. Catalogue des Lampyrides faisant partie des collections du Musée Civique de Gênes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2a 2: 333-374 [366].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MCG ♂ ♀, Somerset, Cape York, QLD. - Luciola coarcticollis Olivier, E. 1888. Études sur les Lampyrides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 6 8: 35-62 [59].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP, VIC [sic].Type locality references:
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] [109] (considers that the published locality is errroneous as the genus is entirely absent from Victoria).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [104]
Generic Combinations
- Australoluciola flavicollis (W.J. Macleay, 1872). —
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 [50]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: terrestrial, volant.
Larva: predator.
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] [60] (re-described)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Jun-2013 | 21-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 21-Jun-2013 | 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |