Asymmetricata

Asymmetricata
Asymmetricata cf. humeralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Luciolinae
Genus: Asymmetricata
Ballantyne, 2009[1]
Type species
Luciola circumdata

Asymmetricata is a genus of fireflies found in tropical Asia. Species in the genus were formerly included in the genus Luciola. The genus was created in 2009 by Lesley Ballantyne who noted the asymmetric 8th abdominal tergite, emarginated on its left, as a shared feature.[1] Adults of both males and females are winged. The larvae have been reliably described only in A. circumdata. They are terrestrial carnivores, feeding on snails and earthworms in moist soil below tree cover. The last abdominal segment bears an anchoring structure or pygopod with 58 or more pygopodia arising from it.[2]

Larva of an unidentified Asymmetricata sp. preying on a snail

Four species are recognized:

References

  1. ^ a b Ballantyne, L.A.; Lambkin, C. (2009) [1997]. "Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Zootaxa: 1–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1997.1.1.
  2. ^ Fu, Xinhua; Ballantyne, Lesley; Lambkin, Christine (2012). "The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Zootaxa. 3405: 1–34. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3405.1.1.

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