Species Medeopteryx cribellata (Olivier, 1892)
- Luciola cribellata Olivier, E. 1892. Descriptions de deux nouvelles espèces du genre Luciola. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 2a 10: 1010-1011 [1010].
Type data:
Lectotype MCG ♂, Ighibirei, Western Province, Papua New Guinea.Subsequent designation references:
Ballantyne, L.A. 1987. Further revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 113: 117-170 [Date published August 7, 1987] [133].Type locality references:
Ballantyne, L.A. 1987. Further revisional studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 113: 117-170 [Date published August 7, 1987] [133]. - Pteroptyx cribratellum Pic, M. 1932. Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. Le prince et la princesse Léopold de Belgique. Coleoptera. Malacodermata, Byrrhidae, Heteromera (ex parte). Mémoires du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 4(4): 85-89 [87] [lapsus calami for Pteroptyx cribellata (Olivier, 1892)].
Type data:
Syntype(s).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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]
Generic Combinations
- Medeopteryx cribellata (Olivier, 1892). —
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 [86]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
Oriental Region
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
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] [69] (Pteroptyx platygaster removed from synonymy)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 09-Apr-2020 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 21-Jun-2013 | 21-Jun-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 13-Aug-2012 | MODIFIED |