WoRMS taxon details
Luciola Laporte, 1833
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
WoRMS (2024). Luciola Laporte, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766418 on 2024-04-19
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Lloyd, J. E. (1973). A Firefly Inhabitant of Coastal Reefs in New Guinea (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Biotropica, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec., 1973), pp. 168-174 , available online at https://doi.org/10.2307/2989809 [details]
ecology source Ballantyne L.A., Buck E. (1979). Taxonomy and behavior of Luciola aphrogenia new species of surf firefly from Papua New Guinea. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 117-138 [details]
ecology source Ballantyne L.A., Buck E. (1979). Taxonomy and behavior of Luciola aphrogenia new species of surf firefly from Papua New Guinea. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 117-138 [details]
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Habitat A Luciola firefly lives on old coral reefs lying along the northern New Guinea shore near Madang. The entire lifecycle is evidently spent on the reefs. The mating signals of both sexes are continuous series of short flashes. [details]
