Nipponoluciola owadai

Nipponoluciola owadai
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Nipponoluciola
Species:
N. owadai
Binomial name
Nipponoluciola owadai
(Satô & Kimura, 1994)
Synonyms
  • Luciola owadai Satô & Kimura, 1994

Nipponoluciola owadai is a species of beetle of the family Lampyridae. It is found in Japan (Okinawa).

Description

Adults reach a length of about 9.5–15.8 mm (males) and 13.1–15.7 mm (females). Their whole body (including head, mouthparts and antennae, ventral thorax, legs and abdomen) is black, except for a yellowish orange pronotum.[1]

References

  1. ^ Part of this text is from “A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str.” by Ballantyne L., et al. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
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