Lesley Ballantyne

Lesley Ballantyne (Ballantyne), Australian entomologist.

School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences, Charles Sturt University, PO Box 588, Wagga Wagga, 2678, Australia

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Fu, X.H. & Ballantyne, L. 2006. Luciola leii sp. nov., a new species of aquatic firefly from mainland China (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). The Canadian Entomologist 138: 339–347. DOI: 10.4039/n05-102. Reference page.

Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C.L. 2009. Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 1997: 1–188. Abstract & excerpt Reference page.

Ballantyne, L.A. & Lloyd, J.E. 2013. Working and reference check list for fireflies of Melanesia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 3736(3): 277–284. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3736.3.5 Reference page.
Fu, X.H., Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C.L. 2010. Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 2530(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2530.1.1 . Reference page.

Fu, X.; Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C. 2012. Emeia gen. nov., a new genus of Luciolinae fireflies from China (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with an unusual trilobite-like larva, and a redescription of the genus Curtos Motschulsky. Zootaxa 3403: 1–53. Preview Reference page.
Fu, X.; Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C. 2012. The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 3405: 1–34. Preview Reference page.

Ballantyne, L., Fu, X., Lambkin, C., Jeng, M.-L., Faust, L., Wijekoon, W.M.C.D., Li, D.-Q. & Zhu, T. 2013. Studies on South-east Asian fireflies: Abscondita, a new genus with details of life history, flashing patterns and behaviour of Abs. chinensis (L.) and Abs. terminalis (Olivier) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 3721(1): 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3721.1.1 Reference page.
Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C.L. 2013. Systematics and phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the description of new genera. Zootaxa 3653(1): 1–162. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1 Reference page.

Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C.L., Boontop, Y. & Jusoh, W.F.A. 2015: Revisional studies on the Luciolinae fireflies of Asia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): 1. The genus Pyrophanes Olivier with two new species. 2. Four new species of Pteroptyx Olivier and 3. A new genus Inflata Boontop, with redescription of Luciola indica (Motsch.) as Inflata indica comb. nov. Zootaxa 3959(1): 1–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3959.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-695-2 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-696-9 (Online edition) Reference page.

Ballantyne, L.A., Lambkin, C.L., Luan, X., Boontop, Y., Nak-Eiam, S., Pimpasalee, S., Silalom, S. & Thancharoen, A. 2016. Further studies on south eastern Asian Luciolinae: 1. Sclerotia Ballantyne, a new genus of fireflies with back swimming larvae 2. Triangulara Pimpasalee, a new genus from Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 4170(2): 201–249. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.1. Reference page.

Jusoh, W.F.A., Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C.L., Hashim, N.R. & Wahlberg, N. 2018. The firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier revisited (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4456(1): 1–71. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4456.1.1 Reference page.
Nada, B. & Ballantyne, L.A. 2018. A new species of Pygoluciola Wittmer with unusual abdominal configuration, from lowland dipterocarp forest in Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 4455(2): 343–362. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.2.5 Reference page.

Ballantyne, L.A., Lambkin, C.L., Ho, J-Z., Jusoh, W.F.A., Nada, B., Nak-Eiam, S., Thancharoen, A., Wattanachaiyingcharoen, W. & Yiu, V. 2019. The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species. Zootaxa 4687(1): 1–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4687.1.1 Reference page.

Nada, B., Ballantyne, L.A. & Jusoh, W.F.A. 2021. Description of the larva of a firefly species, Pygoluciola dunguna Nada (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 4920(4): 528–542. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4920.4.4 Reference page.
Ballantyne, L. & Keller, O. 2021. Emarginoptyx Ballantyne (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae), a replacement name for the firefly genus Emarginata Ballantyne, 2019. Insecta Mundi 0875: 1-2. PDF Reference page.

Ballantyne, L., Kawashima, I., Jusoh, W.F.A. & Suzuki, H. 2022. A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str. European Journal of Taxonomy 855: 1–54. DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023 ResearchGate Reference page.