A Review of the Nearctic Genus Lucaina Dugès, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae: Calochromini), with Descriptions of Two New Species

A Review of the Nearctic Genus Lucaina Dugès, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae: Lycinae: Calochromini), with Descriptions of Two New Species

A review of Lucaina Dugès, 1879 with illustrations of diagnostic characters, distribution maps, and an identification key to the species is presented. Lucaina schini Dugès, 1879, Lucaina discoidalisHorn, 1885, and Lucaina marginataGorham, 1884 are redescribed, and their status as valid species is co...

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Published in:The Coleopterists bulletin Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 393 - 406
Main Authors: Ferreira, Vinicius S, Ivie, Michael A
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Coleopterists Society 01-09-2018
Subjects:
Elateroidea
Nearctic
new taxa
taxonomy
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Summary:A review of Lucaina Dugès, 1879 with illustrations of diagnostic characters, distribution maps, and an identification key to the species is presented. Lucaina schini Dugès, 1879, Lucaina discoidalisHorn, 1885, and Lucaina marginataGorham, 1884 are redescribed, and their status as valid species is confirmed. Macrolygistopterus bajacalifornicus (Zaragoza, 2003) is transferred to Lucaina bajacalifornica (Zaragoza, 2003), new combination. Lucaina greeni Ferreira and Ivie, new species and Lucaina milleri Ferreira and Ivie, new species are described. Lectotypes and paralectotypes are designated for L. marginataGorham, 1884, L. schini Dugès, 1879, and L. discoidalisHorn, 1885.
ISSN:0010-065X
1938-4394
DOI:10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.393