Aboriginal Origins of the Firefly
Firefly
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|Firefly |
|[pic] |
|Photuris lucicrescens[1] |
|Scientific classification |
|Kingdom: |Animalia |
|Phylum: |Arthropoda |
|Class: |Insecta |
|Order: |Coleoptera |
|Suborder: |Polyphaga |
|Infraorder: |Elateriformia |
|Superfamily: |Elateroidea |
|Family: |Lampyridae |
| |Latreille, 1817 |
|Subfamilies |
|Cyphonocerinae |
|Lampyrinae |
|Luciolinae |
|Ototetrinae (disputed) |
|Photurinae |
|and see below |
|[pic] |
|Genera incertae sedis: |
|Oculogryphus |
|Pterotus LeConte, 1859 |
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. This chemically produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale-red, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers.[2]
About 2,000 species of firefly are found in temperate and tropical environments. Many are in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, see Firefly (disambiguation).
|Firefly |
|[pic] |
|Photuris lucicrescens[1] |
|Scientific classification |
|Kingdom: |Animalia |
|Phylum: |Arthropoda |
|Class: |Insecta |
|Order: |Coleoptera |
|Suborder: |Polyphaga |
|Infraorder: |Elateriformia |
|Superfamily: |Elateroidea |
|Family: |Lampyridae |
| |Latreille, 1817 |
|Subfamilies |
|Cyphonocerinae |
|Lampyrinae |
|Luciolinae |
|Ototetrinae (disputed) |
|Photurinae |
|and see below |
|[pic] |
|Genera incertae sedis: |
|Oculogryphus |
|Pterotus LeConte, 1859 |
Lampyridae is a family of insects in the beetle order Coleoptera. They are winged beetles, and commonly called fireflies or lightning bugs for their conspicuous crepuscular use of bioluminescence to attract mates or prey. Fireflies produce a "cold light", with no infrared or ultraviolet frequencies. This chemically produced light from the lower abdomen may be yellow, green, or pale-red, with wavelengths from 510 to 670 nanometers.[2]
About 2,000 species of firefly are found in temperate and tropical environments. Many are in marshes or in wet, wooded areas where their
References: 5. ^ Eisner, Thomas; Wiemer, David; Haynes, Leroy; Meinwald, Jerrold (1978), Lucibufagins: Defensive steroids from the fireflies Photinus ignitus and P. marginellus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), The National Academy of Sciences of the USA 6 11. ^ De Cock, R.; Matthysen, E. (2005), Sexual communication by pheromones in a firefly, Phosphaenus hemipterus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), Animal Behaviour Further reading • Branham, M. A.; Wenzel, J. W. (2003), "The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)", Cladistics 19 (1): 1–22, doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00404.x. • Lewis, S. M.; Cratsley, C. K. (2008), "Flash signal evolution, mate choice, and predation in fireflies", Annual Review of Entomology 53: 293–321, doi:10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093346. • Stous, Hollend (1997). A review of predation in Photuris, and its effects on the evolution of flash signaling in other New World fireflies.