Missimia

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Missimia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Missimia
Ballantyne, 2009 [1]
Species:
M. flavida
Binomial name
Missimia flavida
Ballantyne, 2009 [1]

Missimia is a genus of fireflies in the subfamily Luciolinae, consisting of only one species, Missimia flavida, a beetle of the family Lampyridae. [2] It is found in the New Guinea Highlands, [3] with records from Mount Missim (hence the genus name) and Mount Shungol, both in Papua New Guinea. [1]

Males measure 12.2–13.1 mm (0.48–0.52 in) and females 12.9–13.3 mm (0.51–0.52 in) in length. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ballantyne, Lesley A.; Lambkin, Christine (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): 1–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1997.1.1.
  2. "Missimia Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2009". Catalogue of Life . Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  3. Ballantyne, Lesley; Kawashima, Itsuro; Jusoh, Wan F.A.; Suzuki, Hirobumi (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 . Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.