An Overview of the Firefly Genus <i>Pygoluciola</i> Wittmer, a Phylogeny of the Luciolinae Using Mitochondrial Genomes, a Description of Six New Species, and an Assessment of a Copulation Clamp in This Genus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae).

ABSTRACT: Pygoluciola Wittmer 1939 is overviewed, with an expanded generic redescription comprising 28 species, including 6 new species from China, described from features of males, associated females, and larvae. Their placement in the genus is confirmed by a phylogenetic analysis of their mitogenomes. They include Pygoluciola baise Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from Baise City, Guangxi Province; P. manmaia Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from Yunnan Province; P. quzhou Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from the City of Quzhou in Zhejiang Province; P. tunchangia Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from Tunchang county, Hainan Island; P. yingjiangia Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from Yingjiang county in Yunnan Province; and P. yupingia Fu & Ballantyne sp. nov. from Mt. Yuping, Hongya Cou

SUBMITTER: Fu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12028155 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature