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Lucidota
''Lucidota'' is a genus of fireflies in the beetle family Lampyridae. There are more than 160 described species in ''Lucidota''. See also * List of Lucidota species This is a list of 160 species in ''Lucidota'', a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. ''Lucidota'' species * '' Lucidota albicollis'' (Blanchard in Brullé, 1846) * '' Lucidota albocincta'' (Pic, 1940) * '' Lucidota albocornuta'' (Pic, 1 ... References Further reading * * External links * Lampyridae Lampyridae genera Bioluminescent insects Articles created by Qbugbot {{firefly-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Lucidota Species
This is a list of 160 species in ''Lucidota'', a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. ''Lucidota'' species * '' Lucidota albicollis'' (Blanchard in Brullé, 1846) * '' Lucidota albocincta'' (Pic, 1940) * '' Lucidota albocornuta'' (Pic, 1940) * '' Lucidota amabilis'' (Gorham, 1880) * '' Lucidota angustata'' (Motschulsky, 1854) * '' Lucidota antennata'' Laporte, 1833 * '' Lucidota antonioi'' Pic, 1940 * '' Lucidota apicalis'' Gorham, 1880 * '' Lucidota apicicornis'' Gorham, 1880 * '' Lucidota apicipennis'' (Pic, 1927) * '' Lucidota appendiculata'' (Germar, 1824) * '' Lucidota approximans'' E. Olivier, 1885 * '' Lucidota argentina'' (Pic, 1928) * '' Lucidota armata'' (Gorham, 1884) * '' Lucidota atra'' (G. Olivier, 1790) (black firefly) * '' Lucidota audax'' E. Olivier, 1896 * '' Lucidota aurantiaca'' (Pic, 1929) * '' Lucidota baeri'' (Pic, 1927) * '' Lucidota banghaasi'' Pic, 1930 * '' Lucidota banoni'' Laporte, 1833 * '' Lucidota basalis'' Pic, 1930 * '' Lucidota bella'' G ... [...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] |
Firefly - Lucidota Punctata, Prince William Forest Park, Triangle, Virginia
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as an honest 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'' 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 the location of the light organ varies among species and between sexes of the same species. Fireflies ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lampyridae Genera
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production of light, mainly during twilight, to attract mates. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as an honest 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'' 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 the location of the light organ varies among species and between sexes of the same species. Fireflies ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 described species, is the largest of all orders, constituting almost 40% of described insects and 25% of all known animal life-forms; new species are discovered frequently, with estimates suggesting that there are between 0.9 and 2.1 million total species. Found in almost every habitat except the sea and the polar regions, they interact with their ecosystems in several ways: beetles often feed on plants and fungi, break down animal and plant debris, and eat other invertebrates. Some species are serious agricultural pests, such as the Colorado potato beetle, while others such as Coccinellidae (ladybirds or ladybugs) eat aphids, scale insects, thrips, and other plant-sucking insects that damage crops. Beetles typically have a particularly hard e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bioluminescent Insects
Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by living organisms. It is a form of chemiluminescence. Bioluminescence occurs widely in marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms including some bioluminescent bacteria, and terrestrial arthropods such as fireflies. In some animals, the light is bacteriogenic, produced by symbiotic bacteria such as those from the genus ''Vibrio''; in others, it is autogenic, produced by the animals themselves. In a general sense, the principal chemical reaction in bioluminescence involves a light-emitting molecule and an enzyme, generally called luciferin and luciferase, respectively. Because these are generic names, luciferins and luciferases are often distinguished by the species or group, e.g. firefly luciferin. In all characterized cases, the enzyme catalyzes the oxidation of the luciferin. In some species, the luciferase requires other cofactors, such as calcium or magnesium ions, and sometime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
