Luciola curtithorax

拟纹螢 Black Marked Flasher

 

 

Morphological features:

Body length 6.5-8.0 mm, a large black mark at the middle of pronotum anterior region, size and darkness of the mark varies across individuals; light organs occupying ventrite 6 & 7 in male; only ventrite 6 in female. Female resembles male, but with smaller compound eyes. Close to Luciola nr. laticollis, but larger in body size, bearing light colour elytra rim and flash pattern is flash train.

 

Distribution:

In the forests of Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shenzhen, and other areas in Guangdong.  Hongkong:Ngong Ping (Lantau), Tei Tong Tsai, Yi Tung Shan, A Po Long, Mui Wo.

 

Adult flight period:

May to June.

 

形态特征:

体长6.5-8.0毫米。前胸背板前方中部有大黑斑,黑斑大小和深浅有个体差异;雄萤发光器位于整个第6腹板和第7腹板。雌萤与雄萤外表近似,复眼较小,发光器位于整个第6腹板。与 Luciola nr. laticollis 相似,但本种较大,具有浅色鞘翅边缘,发光模式为复式脉冲闪光。

 

分布地点:

广东广州、东莞、佛山、深圳等地的树林里,香港大屿山昂坪、地塘仔、二东山、阿婆塱、梅窝。

 

成虫活跃月份:

5-6月。

 

其他资料:

成虫在茂盛的树林内活动,有时数百只成虫在同一地点同时出现。雄萤在空中发出的每个闪光间隔0.5-0.7秒,每个闪光持续0.5-0.6秒,由4-8个紧连脉冲组成。

 

 

This adult firefly was caught by a spider and is also infected with fungu——

 

After artificial breeding, the eggs laid by the female adults hatch into larvae 25 days later, as shown in the picture below (Note: larvae have not yet been recorded in the wild, and their habits remain unknown)—

 

The light of  Luciola curtithorax—

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