Biology:Missimia
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Missimia is a genus of fireflies in the subfamily Luciolinae, consisting of only one species, Missimia flavida, a beetle of the family Lampyridae.[1] It is found in the New Guinea Highlands,[2] with records from Mount Missim (hence the genus name) and Mount Shungol, both in Papua New Guinea.[3]
Males measure 12.2–13.1 mm (0.48–0.52 in) and females 12.9–13.3 mm (0.51–0.52 in) in length.[3]
References
- ↑ "Missimia Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2009". Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/5TRY.
- ↑ Ballantyne, Lesley; Kawashima, Itsuro; Jusoh, Wan F.A.; Suzuki, Hirobumi (2022). "A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str.". European Journal of Taxonomy 855: 1–54. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023.
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- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballantyne, Lesley A.; Lambkin, Christine (2009). "Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Zootaxa 1997 (1): 1–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1997.1.1.
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