Nipponoluciola owadai

Nipponoluciola owadai
Scientific 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

^ 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

[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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