Nobuyoshi Ohba 1 & Choong Hay Wong 2 ¹Ohba Firefly Institute, 4-1-12-204 Maborikaigan, Yokosuka City. 239-0801 Japan²Malaysian Nature Society, JKR 641, Jalan Kelantan, Bukit Persekutuan, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ABSTRACT Colonies of Pteroptyx tener and smaller colonies of Pteroptyx bearni can...
Lynn Faust Emory River Land Company, 11828 Couch Mill Road, Knoxville, TN USA 37932. ABSTRACT Field studies on two cold-hardy sympatric firefly species Ellychnia corrusca complex (Linnaeus) and Pyractomena borealis (Randall) were conducted from 2008 to 2011, in East Tennessee in...
Jen-Zon Ho1, Jing-Han Hu1, En-Cheng Yang2, Chia-Hsiung Wu2 & Ping-Shih Yang2 1 Taiwan Endemic Species Research Institute, C.O.A. No. 1 Minsheng E. Road, Jiji, Nantou County 552, Taiwan2 Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University. No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei...
Stefan Ineichen & Beat Rüttimann Institute of Natural Resource Sciences, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Grüental, 8820 Waedenswil, Switzerland. ABSTRACT The influence of artificial light on fireflies is often discussed. Specialists agree that the normal mating behaviour of fireflies is disturbed...
Wandee Wattanachaiyingcharoen & Sorasak Nak-eiam Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Naresuan University, Phitsanulok, 65000, Thailand. ABSTRACT Fireflies of the genus Pygoluciola Wittmer are rare in South-East Asia. Previously they were known only from the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak,...
Nobuyoshi Ohba Ohba Firefly Institute, 4-1-12-204 Maborikaigan, Yokosuka City 239-0801, Japan. ABSTRACT Japanese people have watched fireflies since ancient times, especially during summer months when the attractive Genji-firefly (Luciola cruciata) and Heike-firefly (Luciola lateralis) fly along the streams and rice fields....
Lesley Ballantyne Charles Sturt University, PO Box 58, Wagga Wagga 2678, Australia. ABSTRACT The taxonomic imperative is no less an issue in South East Asia than elsewhere but addressing it is complicated. Early exploration into the natural history of this area...
John C. Day ABSTRACT It has been argued that bioluminescence in fireflies and glow-worms (Lampyridae) presents a conspicuous signal to attract potential predators. If correct, luminescence should be naturally selected against; however this appears not to be the case. To counter...
Darren J. Mann ABSTRACT The Hope Entomological Collections of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History contain 5-6 million specimens including over 25,000 types. Frederick William Hope published four Lampyridae types which were anticipated to be deposited within the collection: Lampyris...