Asymmetricata humeralis explained

Asymmetricata humeralis is a species of firefly found in India and Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Description

Dorsum with pale brown elytra with darker brown base and apex. Pronotum entirely pale yellow with paired median brown spots. In male, the aedeagal sheath tergite is emarginated on its right side, whereas the distal apex of the sheath sternite is obliquely truncate.^[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: Luciola humeralis (Walker, 1858) . 2021-08-08 . www.gbif.org . en.
3. 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) . Ceylon Journal of Science . 45 . 67–74 . en . 10.4038/cjs.v45i1.7365. free .
4. Preliminary study on Lampyrids in Kiralakelle nature reserve, Matara District, Southern Sri Lanka; An ecotourism perspective . 2021-08-06 . Proceedings of International Forestry and Environment Symposium . 20 December 2012 . 17 . Wijekoon . W. M. C. D. . Bogahawatta . C. N. L. . Wegiriya . H. C. E. . 10.31357/fesympo.v17i0.1023.
5. Ho . - Z. . 2019-10-18 . Asymmetricata humeralis Ho 2019, comb. nov. In The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species, pp. 1-174 . Zootaxa . 4687 . 1 . 52–55 . Zenodo . 10.5281/zenodo.4688817.