title: A new tropical montane firefly genus and species, active during winter and endemic to the southeastern Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).
abstract: Here we describe Araucariocladus hiems gen. et sp. nov. (Lampyridae: Amydetinae), a firefly species endemic to high montane forests, and occurring during June, a relatively cool and dry month in the Southeastern Atlantic Rainforest of Brazil. We tentatively place it in Psilocladina McDermott, and discuss the limitations of its classification. We also provide illustrations of key structural features of the new taxa and discuss its affinities.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia/UFRJ, Laboratório de Ecologia de Insetos, Departamento de Ecologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A0-113, Bloco A, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, A1-107, Bloco A, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. user@example.com.
authors.forename: Luiz Felipe Lima DA
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: José Ricardo Miras
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Mermudes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D048888:Fireflies; D065947:Rainforest; D012621:Seasons
keywords: Coleoptera, Endemism, Psilocladina, Serra dos Órgãos, tropical winter