Date Added
March 20, 2022
12:36 PM CST
Date Added
January 5, 2024
05:20 PM CST
Place
Missing Location
Date Added
November 8, 2020
11:18 PM HKT
Description
大帽山扁螢 Tai Mo Shan Elephant Firefly, Lamprigera taimoshana
形態特徵：雄螢體長16-18毫米，觸角鋸齒狀、短小；複眼巨大；鞘翅邊緣黄褐色；發光器點狀，位於第7腹板兩側。雄螢飛行能力弱、只發出微弱的光。
Morphological features：Male body length 16-18 mm, antennae serrate, small and short; compound eyes very large; elytra rim yellowish brown, a pair of light organs located at 7th ventrite. Male is a weak flyer, only shows weak light.
香港特有種 Endemic to Hong Kong
Date Added
January 10, 2023
05:59 AM UTC
Date Added
November 13, 2022
05:25 PM UTC
Date Added
July 10, 2023
11:15 PM UTC
Date Added
May 24, 2021
12:53 AM HKT
Date Added
March 28, 2023
02:06 AM JST
Date Added
December 11, 2020
02:40 PM WIB
Date Added
March 25, 2021
12:07 AM KST
Date Added
June 6, 2023
02:55 AM UTC
Date Added
May 28, 2019
10:19 AM HKT
Date Added
May 10, 2020
01:41 AM CST
Date Added
May 4, 2021
04:24 PM HKT
Place
Missing Location
Date Added
May 25, 2021
09:20 PM HKT
Date Added
May 30, 2021
07:50 PM HST
Date Added
May 22, 2022
12:47 AM HST
Date Added
August 2, 2022
08:34 PM CST
Date Added
January 10, 2023
12:25 PM CST
Date Added
July 6, 2023
05:56 AM UTC
Date Added
July 2, 2023
10:22 PM CST
Date Added
July 7, 2023
05:13 PM CST
Date Added
June 8, 2022
12:54 AM UTC
Date Added
November 16, 2022
08:48 PM CST
Date Added
December 3, 2022
02:37 AM UTC
Date Added
December 22, 2022
02:56 AM UTC
Date Added
January 7, 2023
02:47 AM UTC
Date Added
April 1, 2023
04:18 PM UTC
Date Added
April 4, 2023
06:53 PM CST
Date Added
May 13, 2023
02:08 PM UTC
Date Added
May 20, 2023
10:52 AM UTC
Date Added
May 20, 2023
02:58 PM UTC
Date Added
May 21, 2023
07:33 PM CST
Date Added
May 25, 2023
08:07 PM CST
Date Added
June 5, 2023
01:08 AM UTC
Date Added
May 16, 2018
09:42 PM CST
Date Added
January 31, 2021
07:23 PM CST
Date Added
August 6, 2020
05:23 PM CST
Date Added
June 7, 2019
10:45 PM EDT
Date Added
April 18, 2020
02:47 AM EDT
Date Added
May 21, 2019
12:01 PM HKT
Date Added
July 19, 2021
11:19 AM CEST
Description
At least 3 more glowing females of this or other species were spotted in unreachable spots in vegetation down the river
Date Added
March 6, 2018
04:02 AM UTC
Date Added
April 4, 2019
07:03 PM HST
Date Added
April 10, 2020
07:40 AM EDT
Date Added
April 28, 2021
06:50 AM UTC
Date Added
May 6, 2021
07:36 AM UTC
Date Added
October 1, 2018
11:34 AM CST
Date Added
April 29, 2019
01:28 PM CST
Date Added
June 17, 2020
10:28 AM UTC
Date Added
December 21, 2020
05:17 AM CST
Date Added
December 21, 2020
05:17 AM CST
Date Added
September 4, 2020
04:53 PM CST
Date Added
May 14, 2018
07:02 PM EDT
Date Added
May 22, 2018
10:26 AM EDT
Description
Fireflies in this genus are ant inquilines, and all life stages have been found in the brood-queen-fungal chambers of varied #ant species. They don't seem to feed on or harm the ants.
For more information:
Sivinski, J. M., J. E. Lloyd, S. N. Beshers, L. R. Davis, R. G. Sivinski, S. R. Wing, R. T. Sullivan, P. E. Cushing, and E. Petersson. 1998. A natural history of Pleotomodes needhami Green (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): a firefly symbiont of ants. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52(1): 23–30.
Date Added
January 3, 2019
02:13 PM EST
Date Added
November 17, 2020
07:46 PM HKT
Date Added
May 2, 2021
03:39 PM CST
Date Added
May 4, 2021
12:48 AM CST
Place
Missing Location
Date Added
June 3, 2021
11:57 PM HKT
Date Added
November 2, 2020
05:21 PM CST
Date Added
April 13, 2021
02:01 PM UTC
Date Added
November 17, 2020
07:38 PM HKT
Date Added
February 7, 2021
03:09 PM HKT
Date Added
December 11, 2020
10:59 PM CST
Date Added
May 3, 2019
11:37 PM HST
Date Added
March 31, 2020
03:41 PM CST
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