Systematic review of the firefly genus Emeia Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2012 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from China

Cheng-Qi Zhu; Xiao-Dong Xu; Ying Zhen

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1113.79721

Systematic review of the firefly genus Emeia Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2012 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) from China

Zookeys. 2022 Jul 18:1113:153-166. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1113.79721. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Cheng-Qi Zhu^{1

2

3}, Xiao-Dong Xu^{2

3}, Ying Zhen^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Westlake University Hangzhou China.
² Westlake Laboratory of Life Sciences and Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Structural Biology of Zhejiang Province, School of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China Zhejiang University Hangzhou China.
³ Institute of Biology, Westlake Institute for Advanced Study, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China Westlake Institute for Advanced Study Hangzhou China.

Abstract

The Luciolinae genus Emeia Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2012 is reviewed. Phylogenetic relationships based on cox1 DNA barcoding sequences from 42 fireflies and 2 outgroup species are reconstructed. The dataset included three main Lampyridae subfamilies: Luciolinae, Photurinae and Lampyrinae, and Emeia was recovered within Luciolinae. A new species, Emeiapulchra Zhu & Zhen sp. nov., is described from the wetland of Lishui, Zhejiang, China. Emeiapulchra is sister species to E.pseudosauteri from Sichuan, which is supported by morphological characters and a phylogeny based on DNA barcoding sequences. The two species are separated geographically as shown on the distribution map. A key to species of Emeia using males is provided.

Keywords: Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; DNA barcoding; Emeia; Lampyridae; firefly.

Cheng-Qi Zhu, Xiao-Dong Xu, Ying Zhen.

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 31900315 to Y.Z.], Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [grant numbers LR21C030001 to Y.Z.] and Westlake Education Foundation.