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Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2010
Alecton Laporte, 1833, with four known species is the only firefly genus endemic to Cuba. Alecton discoidalis Laporte, 1833, is its most common species, distributed in the western half of the country.
Ormaily Madruga Rios, Maike Hernández Quinta   +1 more
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Beetle fauna of the island of Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies [PDF]

, 2002
Tobago is a biologically rich but poorly investigated island. In this paper we report the occurrence of 672 species of beetles representing 69 families.
Cook, Joyce, Hardy, Jerry D., Peck, Stewart B.   +2 more
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Ambush hunter attacks land snails in its burrow: Unique larval stage of the click beetle Anthracalaus sakaguchii

Ecology, Volume 105, Issue 3, March 2024.
Nozomu Sato, Hisanori Okamiya, Aiki Yamada   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitos alimentarios de Bufo paracnemis (Amphibia, Bufonidae) en el Parana medio, Argentina [PDF]

, 1994
On a étudié la composition qualitative et quantitative de l'alimentation de #Bufo parcnemis$ par l'analyse de 20 estomacs. L'indice d'importance relative, la diversité trophique et l'amplitude de la niche ont été calculés. Les résultats indiquent que #B.
Lajmanovich, R.C.
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A second species of Oculogryphus (Coleoptera, Lampyridae), with notes on the phylogenetic affinities of the genus

ZooKeys, 2011
A second species of the enigmatic lampyrid genus Oculogryphus is described and figured as Oculogryphus bicolor sp. n. from Vietnam. The definition of the genus is slightly modified with consideration of newly detected morphological variation from this ...
Ming-Luen Jeng, Marc Branham, Michael Engel   +2 more
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Molecular variation across populations of a widespread North American firefly, Photinus pyralis, reveals that coding changes do not underlie flash color variation or associated visual sensitivity

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018
Background Genes underlying signal production and reception are expected to evolve to maximize signal detection in specific environments. Fireflies vary in their light signal color both within and between species, and thus provide an excellent system in ...
Sarah E. Lower, Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, David W. Hall   +2 more
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Results of the Austrian-Ceylonese hydrobiological mission 1970 of the 1st Zoological Institute of the University of Vienna (Austria) and the Department of Zoology of the Vidyalankara Campus of the University of Ceylon. Pt. 11. Larvae and pupae of water beetles collected from the islands of Ceylon [PDF]

, 1973
Water beetle larvae and pupae were collected from the lotic biotopes in localities of the southern part of Ceylon. The species are described and findings are related to previous investigations.
Bertrand, H.P.I.
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Protective coloration in the coleoptera [PDF]

, 1905
Citation: Peairs, Leonard Marion. Protective coloration in the coleoptera. Senior thesis, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1905.Morse Department of Special CollectionsIntroduction: One of the fundamental laws of nature is the arrangement by virtue of ...
Peairs, Leonard Marion
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The beetles of St. Lucia, Lesser Antilles (Insecta: Coleoptera): diversity and distributions [PDF]

, 2009
The published beetle fauna of the island of St. Lucia is summarized. It contains 135 genera, and 175 species in 25 families. Four species are accidentally introduced by human activities. Twenty three species are endemic (restricted) to the island. Twenty
Peck, Stewart B.
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New fireflies from Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

Zoosystematica Rossica, 2008
Two firefly species, Cheguevaria montana sp. n. and Heterophotinus yuyinque sp. n., are described from Puerto Rico. A checklist of Lampyridae of Puerto Rico is provided.
openaire   +1 more source