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Ballantyne, L.A. (1968) Revisional Studies of Australian and Indomalayan Luciolini (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae). University of Queensland Papers, Department of Entomology, University of Queensland Press, II (6), 103–139.
Ballantyne, L.A. (1987a) Further Revisional Studies on the firefly genus Pteroptyx Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 113, 117–170.
Ballantyne, L.A. (1987b) Lucioline morphology, taxonomy and behaviour: A reappraisal. (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 113, 171–188.
Ballantyne, L.A. (2001) The bent winged fireflies of Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Pteroptyx spp. of the Polunin collection. Serangga, 6 (1), 51–95.
Ballantyne, L.A. (2008) Pygoluciola satoi, a new species of the rare S. E. Asian firefly genus Pygoluciola Wittmer from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 56 (1), 1–9. Ballantyne, L.A. (2016) Table of present position of species listed under the subgenus Luciola by McDermott 1966 from SE Asia and the Australopacific region. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3412.4247
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Ballantyne, L., Fu, X.H., Shih, C.H., Cheng C.Y. & Yiu, V. (2011) Pteroptyx maipo Ballantyne, a new species of bent-winged firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Hong Kong, and its relevance to firefly biology and conservation Zootaxa, 2931 (1), 8–34. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2931.1.2
Ballantyne, L., Fu, X.-H., Lambkin, C., Jeng, M.-L., Faust, L., Wijekoon, W.M.C.D., Li, D.-Q. & Zhu,T.-F. (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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3721.1.1
Ballantyne, L.A & Jusoh, W.F.A. (2016) List of genera and species in the Luciolinae from SE Asia and the Australopacific Version 2. Checklist of IndoPacific Luciolinae, 2016, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.4635.2241
Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. (2000) Lampyridae of Australia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae: Luciolini). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 46 (1), 15–93.
Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C. (2001) A new firefly, Luciola (Pygoluciola) kinabalua, new species, from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with observations on a possible copulation clamp. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 49 (2), 363–377.
Ballantyne, L.A. & Lambkin, C. (2006) A phylogenetic reassessment of the rare S. E. Asian firefly genus Pygoluciola Wittmer (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 54 (1), 21–48.
Ballantyne, L.A. & 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.
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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3653.1.1
Ballantyne, L., Lambkin, C.L., Boontop, Y. & Jusoh, W.F.A. (2015) Revisional studies on the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): 1. The firefly genus Pyrophanes Olivier with two new species. 2. Four new species of Pteroptyx Olivier. 3. Inflata gen. nov. Boontop, with redescription of Luciola indica (Motsch.) as Inflata indica comb. nov. Zootaxa, 3959 (1), 1–84. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3959.1.1
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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.1
Barua, A.G., Hazariki, S., Saikia, N.M. & Barua, G.D. (2007) Bioluminescence emissions of the firefly Luciola praeusta Kiesenwetter 1874 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Journal of Bioscience, 34, 287−292. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-009-0032-4
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Gorham, H.S. (1883) Review of the genera and species of Malacoderm Coleoptera of the Japanese fauna. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1883, 393–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1883.tb02955.x
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