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Luciola is a genus of "flashing" fireflies, especially well-known from Japan. They are often called "Japanese fireflies", but their members range farther into Asia and reach southern Europe and Africa. This genus is traditionally held to extend to Australia, but these species do not seem to belong herein.
The Cyphonocerinae are a subfamily of fireflies (Lampyridae) with only a few handful of species in (presumably) two genera found in North America and Eurasia. Its taxonomic history is confusing; it has at various times been included in the now-abolished Amydetinae or the Lampyrinae.
The Luciolinae are among the largest subfamilies of fireflies (Lampyridae). They seem to be all "flashing" fireflies. They are a diverse lineage, spreading throughout the warm parts of Eurasia into temperate Europe and East Asia and south to the Australian region.
The Lampyrinae are a large subfamily of fireflies (Lampyridae). The exact delimitation, and the internal systematics, are a matter of debate; for long this group was used as a "wastebin taxon" to hold any fireflies with insufficiently resolved relationships. Regardless, they are very diverse even as a good monophyletic group, containing flashing and continuous-glow fireflies from the Holarctic and some tropical forms as well. The ancestral Lampyrinae probably had no or very primitive light signals; in any case several modern lineages appear to have returned to the pheromone communication of their ancestors independently.
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Aquatica is a genus of fireflies in the subfamily Luciolinae. The species are found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Russia and Korea. Fu, Ballantyne and Lambkin erected the genus in 2010, using phylogenetic, morphological and behavioural evidence. Its type species is Aquatica wuhana. It contains five species:
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Aquatica lateralis, known as "heike-botaru" (ヘイケボタル) in Japanese, is a species of firefly found in Russia, Japan and Korea. It was formerly placed in the genus Luciola. The larvae are aquatic and live in rice paddies.
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Stenocladius horni, is a species of firefly beetle endemic to Sri Lanka.
Abscondita chinensis, is a species of firefly beetle found in India, China and Sri Lanka.
Abscondita promelaena, is a species of firefly beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Asymmetricata humeralis, is a species of firefly beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Luciola intricata, is a species of firefly beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Luciola antennalis, is a species of firefly beetle found in Sri Lanka.
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References
- ↑ "Regional Diversity of Fireflies of the subfamily Luciolinae (Coleoptera:Lampyridae) in Sri Lanka". Lampyrid 2012. 2:138-141. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ "Preliminary study on Lampyrids in Kiralakelle nature reserve, Matara District, Southern Sri Lanka; An ecotourism perspective". Vol. 17 (2012): Proceedings of 17th International Forestry and Environment Symposium 2012. Retrieved 2021-08-06.
- ↑ "Luciola candezei E.Olivier, 1902". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ Ballantyne, Lesley; Jusoh, Wan F. A. (2021-04-05). "The strange case of Colophotia miranda Olivier, 1886 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)". Insecta Mundi. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ Ballantyne, Lesley A.; Lambkin, Christine L.; Luan, Xin; Boontop, Yuvarin; Nak-Eiam, Sorasak; Pimpasalee, Suttisan; Silalom, Sommyot; Thancharoen, Anchana (2016-12-31). "FIGURES 152−157. Luciolinae females Table 6. 152−154 in 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)" . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
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