Diaphanes (beetle)

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Diaphanes
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Diaphanes citrinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Lampyrinae
Genus: Diaphanes
Motschulsky, 1853
Type species
Diaphanes luniger
Motschulsky, 1853
Species

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Diaphanes is a genus of fireflies in the Lampyrinae subfamily. [1] The males have wings while the females are apterous. The males have an elongated clypeus. Both males and females have light-emitting organs.

Species in this genus include: [2]

References

  1. Wijekoon, W. M. C. D.; Wegiriya, H. C. E. (2024). "A new species of the genus Diaphanes (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae), D. uvaparanagama Wijekoon, from Sri Lanka". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 13 (2): 135–142. doi: 10.53562/ajcb.70529 .
  2. Jeng, Ming-Luen; Lai, Jennifer; Yang, Ping-Shih; Satô, Masataka (2001). "Revision of the Genus Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Lampyrinae) of Taiwan". Japanese Journal of Systematic entomology. Japanese Society of systematic Entomology. doi:10.69343/jjsystent.7.2_203. 2. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  3. Li, Xueyan; Liang, Xingcai (2007). "A new species of the genus Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan, Southwest China". Zootaxa. 1533 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1533.1.3. ISSN   1175-5334.