Harmatelia bilinea

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Harmatelia bilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Elateroidea
Family:
Lampyridae
Genus:
Harmatelia
Species:
H. bilinea
Binomial name
Harmatelia bilinea
Walker, 1858

Harmatelia bilinea, is a species of firefly beetle endemic to Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Description

Body length is 6.0 to 6.2 mm. [5] Pronotum is 1.15 mm long. Pronotum very convex without flat lateral or anterior borders. Lateral and fore edges of pronotum are slightly reflexed with a straight base. Dorsum dark brown which becomes lighter medially forward. Scutellum triangular and not trapezoidal and is dark yellow, hairy. Mesonotal plates are broad, and dull yellow. In head, frons and mouthparts are projected forward, giving a shape of a short beak. Pronotum bent downward Frons dark brown between antennal sockets. Vertex blackish and slightly concave medially. Antennal sockets are large, and yellowish. Clypeus yellow and short and clothed with a few stiff setae. Mandibles small, and semicircular. Maxillary and labial palpi are short. Eyes small, distant and protuberant. Antennae with 11 antennomeres and a narrowly remiform ramus. Antaennae are generally dark reddish brown to black. Elytra 5.1 mm long which are subparallel, and color varying from dark brown, with a pale yellow oblique vitta. Elytral striae rugose, with a fine granulation. Thoracic sterna and ventral abdominal segments are yellowish whereas tergites are reddish brown with yellow lateral borders. Legs are long and yellow. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Regional Diversity of Fireflies of the subfamily Luciolinae (Coleoptera:Lampyridae) in Sri Lanka". Lampyrid 2012. 2:138-141. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
  2. ↑ 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. doi: 10.4038/cjs.v45i1.7365 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Harmatelia bilinea Walker, 1858". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  4. ↑ Branham, Marc A.; Wenzel, John W. (2001). "The Evolution of Bioluminescence in Cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". The Florida Entomologist. 84 (4): 565–586. doi:10.2307/3496389. JSTOR   3496389 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  5. ↑ Janisova, Kristyna; Bocakova, Milada (2013-03-01). "Revision of the subfamily Ototretinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Zoologischer Anzeiger - A Journal of Comparative Zoology. 252: 1–19. doi:10.1016/j.jcz.2012.01.001 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
  6. ↑ "The Pterotinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Entomological News, 1965. Retrieved 2021-08-06.


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