''Oculogryphus chenghoiyanae'', is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
firefly
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 ...
beetles belonging to the family
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, ...
. It is endemic to
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
Body length of male is 5.1–5.2 mm and female is 7.8-8.4 mm. Dorsally dark brown to black. head capsule and antennae black. Pronotum orange brown. Compound eyes strongly emarginate posteriorly. Abdomen with eight abdominal ventrites. Female show much pale yellow coloration dorsally with flecked reddish brown markings. Body elongate, more or less cylindrical in female. Abdominal light-emitting organs producing bright yellowish green light.
References
Beetles described in 2018
Lampyridae
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