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Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2021 Fluorescence across the family Lampyridae has been documented sporadically but not comprehensively in formal research. Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), best known for their bioluminescence, are also fluorescent.
Aidan Wilcox
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Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity, 2021 Bioluminescence, being a fascinating adaptive manifestation of the animal kingdom, is displayed mostly by the insects belonging to the family Lampyridae, under the order Coleoptera.
Srinjana Ghosh +2 more
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First Scarab Host for \u3ci\u3eStrongygaster Triangulifer\u3c/i\u3e (Diptera: Tachinidae): the Dung Beetle, \u3ci\u3eAphodius Fimetarius\u3c/i\u3e (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) [PDF]
, 2017 We report Strongygaster (=Hyalomyodes ) triangulifer as a solitary primary parasite of the adult introduced dung beetle, Aphodius fimetarius.
Herd, Rupert P +3 more
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Cladistics, Volume 39, Issue 6, Page 548-570, December 2023., 2023 Abstract This study addresses the long‐standing uncertainty about the internal classification of soldier beetles (Elateroidea: Cantharidae). Four datasets were compiled and analysed: 66 genes for 14 terminals, 15 mtDNA genes for 79 terminals, one mtDNA and two rRNA genes for 217 terminals, and barcodes for 576 terminals.
Michal Motyka +8 more
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Tecnociencia, 2020 Las larvas de luciérnagas (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) se alimentan natural y vorazmente de diversas especies de moluscos terrestres entre ellas babosas. Aunque se ha documentado esta relación antagónica en innumerables especies de Lampyridae, en el caso de ...
Alfredo Lanuza-Garay +4 more
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Factors Affecting Capture Rates of Insect Taxa by Retail Electrocutors and Eliminators in Northern Lower Michigan [PDF]
, 2018 We compare the abundance and types of insects captured at several locations, with and without a chemical attractant and in varying weather conditions using two different devices advertised to kill biting insects.
Heinen, Joel T +4 more
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Protein Science, Volume 32, Issue 5, May 2023., 2023 Abstract Insects have evolved a chemical communication system using terpenoids, a structurally diverse class of specialized metabolites, previously thought to be exclusively produced by plants and microbes. Gene discovery, bioinformatics, and biochemical characterization of multiple insect terpene synthases (TPSs) revealed that isopentenyl diphosphate ...
Zarley Rebholz +7 more
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Optimal overlayer inspired by Photuris firefly improves light-extraction efficiency of existing light-emitting diodes [PDF]
, 2013 In this paper the design, fabrication and characterization of a bioinspired overlayer deposited on a GaN LED is described. The purpose of this overlayer is to improve light extraction into air from the diode's high refractive-index active material.
Aimez, Vincent +6 more
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Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2017 We will report the complete mitochondrial genome sequence of Japanese firefly ‘Heike Botaru’, Luciola lateralis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Total length of this mitogenome was 16,719 bp and the composition of each base was A (42.50%), C (9.01%), G (14.16%),
Juri Maeda +5 more
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Current Classification of the Families of Coleoptera [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) Several works on the order Coleoptera have appeared in recent years, some of them creating new superfamilies, others modifying the constitution of these or creating new families, finally others are genera1 revisions of the order.
de Viedma, M G, Nelson, M L
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