Lamellipalpodes

Lamellipalpodes
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Genus:
Maulik, 1921

Lamellipalpodes is a genus of firefly beetles in the family Lampyridae. Species are distributed in India, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Species of Lamellipalpodes are known to possess striking morphological features. Males of these genera have morphologically distinct maxillary and labial palps bearing long paddle-like terminal palpomeres which are 5–11 times longer than the penultimate palpomeres. The genus is closely related to Lamellipalpus,[7] the members of which have considerably larger mandibles.

Species

As of 2025, the genus contains 12 species:[8][6]

  • L. annandalei Maulik, 1921 (India: Bengal, Kashmir; Nepal.)
  • L. asmita Chakrovorty & Bhattacharjee, 2025
  • L. bajhangensis Bocakova et al., 2015
  • L. godawarensis Bocakova et al., 2015 (Nepal)
  • L. himalensis Kazantsev, 2015
  • L. holzschuhi Bocakova et al., 2015 (W Nepal)
  • L. lineatus (Pic, 1921)(South India)
  • L. masatakai Kawashima, 2007. (E. Myanmar)
  • L. montanus Wittmer, 1995 (W Nepal)
  • L. nepalensis Wittmer, 1995 (W Nepal)
  • L. tsurui Kawashima, 2007 (Thailand)
  • L. yunnanensis Bocakova et al., 2015 (China: south Yunnan; northern Laos)

References

  1. ^ Maulik, S. (1921). "New Indian Drilid Beetles". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 91 (3): 579–586. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1921.tb03281.x.
  2. ^ Wittmer, W. (1995). "Lampyridae und Omethidae aus dem indo-malaiischen Faunengebiet (Coleoptera)". Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel. 45 (3): 106–117.
  3. ^ Brancucci, Michel; Geiser, Michael (2009). "A revision of the genus Lamellipalpus Maulik, 1921 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)". Zootaxa. 2080. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2080.1.1.
  4. ^ Kawashima, I. (2007). "Two new species of the genus Lamellipalpodes (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Indochina, Southeast Asia" (PDF). Elytra, Tokyo. 35: 119–128.
  5. ^ Bocakova, Milada; Bocak, Ladislav; Gimmel, Matthew L.; Friedlova, Tereza (2015). "A review of the genus Lamellipalpodes Maulik (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Zootaxa. 3925 (3): 409–421. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3925.3.5. PMID 25781751.
  6. ^ a b Chakrovorty, Arnob; Bhattacharjee, Banani (2025). "Lamellipalpodes asmita sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Ototretinae), a new species of non-luminous firefly from West Bengal, India with SEM study of mechano- and chemoreceptive sensilla". Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 28 (1). doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102367.
  7. ^ Brancucci, Michel; Geiser, Michael (2009). "A revision of the genus Lamellipalpus Maulik, 1921 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)". Zootaxa. 2080. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2080.1.1.
  8. ^ "Lamellipalpodes Maulik, 1921". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 30 January 2025.