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Aspisoma physonotum

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Species of firefly

Aspisoma physonotum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Aspisoma
Species: A. physonotum
Binomial name
Aspisoma physonotum
(Gorham, 1884)

Aspisoma physonotum is a species of firefly from the genus Aspisoma. The species were originally described by Henry Stephen Gorham in 1884.

A. physontum are found predominatly in Brazil, as well as Colombia and Ecuador. They are pale green in colour.

References

  1. Viviani, Vadim (2001). "Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Southeastern Brazil: Habitats, Life History, and Bioluminescence". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94. Entomological Society of America: 129-145. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0129:FCLFSB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86345143.
  2. Santos, Raphael M.; Schlindwein, Marcelo Nivert; Viviani, Vadim R. (2016). "Survey of Bioluminescent Coleoptera in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Serra da Paranapiacaba in São Paulo State (Brazil)". Biota Neotropica. 16. doi:10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2015-0045.
  3. McDermott, Frank A. (1964). "The Taxonomy of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 90 (1). American Entomological Society: 57. JSTOR 25077867.
Taxon identifiers
Aspisoma physonotum
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