Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

Abstract. The female of Pyrocoelia prolongata Jeng & Lai, a diurnal lampyrid species from Taiwan, is described for the first time. A single individual was found in a small, shady, dry streambed at the edge of a mixed forest at 2700 m elevation. The individual glowed in darkness and would move it...

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Autores principales: Jeng, Ming-Luen, Engel, Michael S., Yang, Ping-Shih
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998501
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.116.1412
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description Abstract. The female of Pyrocoelia prolongata Jeng & Lai, a diurnal lampyrid species from Taiwan, is described for the first time. A single individual was found in a small, shady, dry streambed at the edge of a mixed forest at 2700 m elevation. The individual glowed in darkness and would move its abdomen up and down when disturbed and as a deterring behavior. A key to the females of the species of Pyrocoelia Gorham in Taiwan is provided. The morphology of photogenic organs of females and the function of bioluminescence of day-active species of Pyrocoelia are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-31924132011-10-13 Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) Jeng, Ming-Luen Engel, Michael S. Yang, Ping-Shih Zookeys Article Abstract. The female of Pyrocoelia prolongata Jeng & Lai, a diurnal lampyrid species from Taiwan, is described for the first time. A single individual was found in a small, shady, dry streambed at the edge of a mixed forest at 2700 m elevation. The individual glowed in darkness and would move its abdomen up and down when disturbed and as a deterring behavior. A key to the females of the species of Pyrocoelia Gorham in Taiwan is provided. The morphology of photogenic organs of females and the function of bioluminescence of day-active species of Pyrocoelia are discussed. Pensoft Publishers 2011-07-07 /pmc/articles/PMC3192413/ /pubmed/21998501 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.116.1412 Text en Ulf Scheller http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
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title_full Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
title_fullStr Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
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title_short Discovery of the female of Pyrocoelia prolongata in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
title_sort discovery of the female of pyrocoelia prolongata in taiwan (coleoptera, lampyridae)
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3192413/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21998501
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.116.1412
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