Abscondita promelaena explained

Abscondita promelaena is a species of firefly beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

The dorsum is pale brownish with pale coloured elytra without apical brown markings. Elytral apices are whitish due to aggregation of white material probably fat body. Terminal abdominal tergites are pale. The male is about 8.7 to 10.3 mm in length. The pronotum and elytra are very pale brown. Due to semitransparency of the elytra, the underlying muscles and hind wings are visible. The mouthparts and antennae are very dark brown, whereas the head is dark reddish brown. The ventral side of the prothorax and mesothorax are pale yellowish brown. Metathorax ventrum is moderately dark brown. Legs with pale brown bases, brown tibiae and tarsi. Abdomen brownish. Pronotum is 1.5 to 1.8 mm long. Aedeagal sheath consists with sternite terminated by short rounded hairy posterolateral projections. Female is 10 to 11.7 mm long and pronotum is 1.5 to 1.9 mm long.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regional Diversity of Fireflies of the subfamily Luciolinae (Coleoptera:Lampyridae) in Sri Lanka . 2021-08-06 . Lampyrid 2012. 2:138-141.
  2. Web site: Abscondita promelaena (Walker, 1858) . 2021-08-08 . www.gbif.org . en.
  3. Web site: Wijekoon . W. M. C. D. . Wegiriya . H. C. E. . Bogahawatta . C. N. L. . 2016-06-22 . Systematic revision of the repository collection of Canthoroidea in the Department of National Museums, Colombo, Sri Lanka (Coleoptera: Antharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Rhagophthalmidae) . 2021-08-08 . Ceylon Journal of Science . 67–74 . en . 10.4038/cjs.v45i1.7365.
  4. Web site: Wijekoon . W. M. C. D. . December 2013 . Systematics and selected ecological aspects of nocturnal and diurnal fireflies (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) in Sri Lanka . 2021-08-08 . en.
  5. Web site: Ballantyne . Lesley . Fu . Xinhua . Lambkin . Christine . Jeng . Ming-Luen . Faust . Lynn . Wijekoon . W. M. C. D. . Li . Daiqin . Zhu . Tengfui . 2013-10-11 . 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) . 2021-08-08 . Zootaxa . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.1.1.

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