Fig. 2. Background information. A in A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str.

Fig. 2. Background information. A. Type specimen label, museum registry label, and excerpt of original description of Luciola cruciata Motschulsky, 1854 in ZMMU. B. Luciola picticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874, ♂, syntype (NHMUK). C. Luciola vitticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874, ♂, syntype (NHMUK). D. Excerpt from Gorham (1883) annotated by H. Suzuki and I. Kawashima. E–F. Dorsal (left) and ventral aspects specimens of Luciola cruciata from E. Olivier collection in MNHN compared with types. G. Nipponoluciola cruciata (Motschulsky, 1854) gen. et comb. nov., neotype (KPMNH). H. Luciola owadai Satô & Kimura, 1994 holotype (NSMT). Image A specimen label and registry by Aleksey Gusakov (ZMMU); excerpt of original description from Biodiversity Heritage Library; images B–C Luciola picticollis by Keita Matsumoto (NHMUK) https://www.flickr.com/; image D reproduced from Biodiversity Heritage Library; images E–F by Christophe Rivier (MNHN); image G by I. Kawashima; image H by H. Yoshitomi (Entomological Laboratory of Ehime University).