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Aquatica (beetle)
''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: *'' Aquatica lateralis'' (Motschulsky, 1860) *'' Aquatica ficta'' (Olivier, 1909) *'' Aquatica hydrophila'' (Jeng et al., 2003) *''Aquatica leii'' (Fu & Ballantyne, 2006) *'' Aquatica wuhana'' Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010 All of the species except ''A. wuhana'' were previously placed in ''Luciola ''Luciola'' is a genus of "flashing" fireflies (family Lampyridae), especially well known from Japan. They are often called "Japanese fireflies", but their members range farther into Asia and reach southern Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portuga ...''. The larvae are aquatic, and the name is derived from the English word. References Lampyridae Lampyridae genera Biolumi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms. These relationships are determined by Computational phylogenetics, phylogenetic inference methods that focus on observed heritable traits, such as DNA sequences, protein amino acid sequences, or morphology. The result of such an analysis is a phylogenetic tree—a diagram containing a hypothesis of relationships that reflects the evolutionary history of a group of organisms. The tips of a phylogenetic tree can be living taxa or fossils, and represent the "end" or the present time in an evolutionary lineage. A phylogenetic diagram can be rooted or unrooted. A rooted tree diagram indicates the hypothetical common ancestor of the tree. An unrooted tree diagram (a network) makes no assumption about the ancestral line, and does ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampyridae
The Lampyridae are a family (biology), family of Elateroidea, elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are bioluminescence, light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly crepuscular, during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as an honest signal, honest Aposematism, warning signal that the larvae were distasteful; this was co-opted in evolution as a mating signal in the adults. In a further development, female fireflies of the genus ''Photuris'' mimic the flash pattern of ''Photinus (beetle), Photinus'' species to trap their males as prey. Fireflies are found in temperate and tropical climates. Many live in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. While all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciola
''Luciola'' is a genus of "flashing" fireflies (family Lampyridae), especially well known from Japan. They are often called "Japanese fireflies", but their members range farther into Asia and reach southern Europe (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, among other countries) and Africa. This genus is traditionally held to extend to Australia, but these species do not seem to belong herein (see below for details). Biological description Unlike some other fireflies, the females of ''Luciola'' are fully winged. Ecologically, the genus is remarkable in that the larvae of several species are aquatic. The adults of the typical ''Luciola'' are similar to those of ''Atyphella'' which was formerly included in this genus. They can be easily distinguished by the males' aedeagus however, which in ''Luciola'' proper has large lateral lobes that do not taper and have elongated, slender and flattened smaller lobes along their ventral margin. The middle lobe of the males' aedeagus is very slim and ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Aquatica may refer to: * Aquatica (water parks), a chain of water parks in the United States ** Aquatica Orlando ** Aquatica San Antonio ** Aquatica San Diego * Aquatica (Kolkata), a water park in Kolkata * Aquatica KK, an aquarium in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, also known as ''The Green Connection'' * ''Aquatica'' (beetle), a genus of fireflies See also * ''Psathyrella aquatica'', a species of mushroom * Pachira aquatica ''Pachira aquatica'' is a tropical wetland tree in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to Central and South America where it grows in swamps. It is known by its common names Malabar chestnut, French peanut, Guiana chestnut, Provision tree, Saba n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatica Hydrophila
''Aquatica hydrophila'' is a species of firefly found in Taiwan. Described in 2003, it was formerly placed in the genus ''Luciola''. The larvae are aquatic and live in ditches and small streams. Taxonomy Jeng, Lai and Yang described this species as ''Luciola hydrophila'' in 2003. The type locality is Wulai, New Taipei, Taiwan, and the holotype is in the National Museum of Natural Science. In 2010, Fu, Ballantyne and Lambkin transferred it to the new genus ''Aquatica''. Description The adult male is long, and the female is long. The elongate, convex body is long. It is covered with golden hairs. The prothorax and scutellum are pale yellow, and the elytra are dark brown. The ventrites are dark yellow to brown. The eyes are larger in the male. The male's elongate aedeagal sheath is about long. Mature larvae are long and wide. They have gills, and they have glands that can be turned inside out and secrete protective substances. Distribution and habitat ''A. hydrophila'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatica Ficta
''Aquatica ficta'' is a species of firefly found in Taiwan and parts of China. It was formerly placed in the genus ''Luciola''. Its habitat is still water, and the larvae are aquatic. Taxonomy The species was described as ''Luciola ficta'' by Ernest Olivier in 1909. The type locality is Pin-fa, Guizhou. In 2010, Fu, Ballantyne and Lambkin transferred it and three other ''Luciola'' species to the new genus ''Aquatica''. Description ''A. ficta'' has an elongate-oval body that is long and wide. The male and female have the same colouration. The pronotum is orange, and the elytra are dark brown, with yellowish brown fringes. The legs have yellowish brown femora. The venter is yellowish brown and dark brown. The male has an oblong aedeagal sheath, around long, and elongate and subparallel genitalia. The larva has gills and glands that secrete protective substances. Distribution and habitat ''A. ficta'' is found in Guizhou, Fujian, Hong Kong and Taiwan. It is commonly found in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatica Lateralis
''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. The genome of ''Aquatica lateralis'' was sequenced in 2018. Taxonomy Victor Motschulsky described this species as ''Luciola lateralis'' from Transbaikal, Dauria, Siberia in 1860. In 2010, Fu, Ballantyne and Christine Lambkin, Lambkin transferred four ''Luciola'' species, including ''lateralis'', to the new genus ''Aquatica''. The Japanese name of ''A. lateralis'' is "heike-botaru", which may derive from ''The Tale of Heike'', a 14th-century Japanese novel, or the Heike clan, which lost the 12th-century Genpei War. (Another, larger firefly species, ''Luciola cruciata'', has the Japanese common name "genji-botaru", a possible reference to the Minamoto clan, Genji clan, the winners in the Genpei War). Description The male is long and wide. The fem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type Species
In zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen(s). Article 67.1 A similar concept is used for suprageneric groups and called a type genus. In botanical nomenclature, these terms have no formal standing under the code of nomenclature, but are sometimes borrowed from zoological nomenclature. In botany, the type of a genus name is a specimen (or, rarely, an illustration) which is also the type of a species name. The species name that has that type can also be referred to as the type of the genus name. Names of genus and family ranks, the various subdivisions of those ranks, and some higher-rank names based on genus names, have such types. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireflies
The Lampyridae are a family (biology), family of Elateroidea, elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are bioluminescence, light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly crepuscular, during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as an honest signal, honest Aposematism, warning signal that the larvae were distasteful; this was co-opted in evolution as a mating signal in the adults. In a further development, female fireflies of the genus ''Photuris'' mimic the flash pattern of ''Photinus (beetle), Photinus'' species to trap their males as prey. Fireflies are found in temperate and tropical climates. Many live in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. While all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthropod
Arthropods (, (gen. ποδός)) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a Segmentation (biology), segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda. They are distinguished by their jointed limbs and Arthropod cuticle, cuticle made of chitin, often Mineralization (biology), mineralised with calcium carbonate. The arthropod body plan consists of segments, each with a pair of appendages. Arthropods are bilaterally symmetrical and their body possesses an exoskeleton, external skeleton. In order to keep growing, they must go through stages of moulting, a process by which they shed their exoskeleton to reveal a new one. Some species have wings. They are an extremely diverse group, with up to 10 million species. The haemocoel, an arthropod's internal cavity, through which its haemolymph – analogue of blood – circulates, accommodates its interior Organ (anatomy), organs; it has an open circulatory system. Like their exteriors, the internal or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family (taxonomy), family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. :E.g. ''Panthera leo'' (lion) and ''Panthera onca'' (jaguar) are two species within the genus ''Panthera''. ''Panthera'' is a genus within the family Felidae. The composition of a genus is determined by taxonomy (biology), taxonomists. The standards for genus classification are not strictly codified, so different authorities often produce different classifications for genera. There are some general practices used, however, including the idea that a newly defined genus should fulfill these three criteria to be descriptively useful: # monophyly – all descendants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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