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<mods:title>New distributional records of fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae) from two Eastern States of India with notes on their biology and an updated Indian checklist</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart>Ghosh, Srinjana</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Zoology, Bethune College, Kolkata, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Sarkar, Subhankar Kumar</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Entomology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, Kalyani, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:namePart>Chakraborty, Susanta</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation>Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, India</mods:affiliation>
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<mods:title>Biodiversity Data Journal</mods:title>
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<mods:date>2023</mods:date>
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<mods:number>2023-03-24</mods:number>
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<mods:number>11</mods:number>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Materials</paragraph>
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recordedBy:
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:
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scientificName:
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substriata (Gorham, 1880); family:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:9D75B4A375A463CBEFEBB8AFFB7B8478" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="21.9" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="87.53001" municipality="Santu Paria" name="Location" stateProvince="West Bengal">Location</location>
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country:
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<collectingRegion country="India" name="West Bengal">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
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picking
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">11-August-18</collectingDate>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:DD0C220ED9936E8A000D33FEB893E928" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="21.9" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="87.53001" municipality="Santu Paria" name="Record Level" stateProvince="West Bengal">Record Level</location>
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</emphasis>
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collectionCode: VUEC-0065; basisOfRecord:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:EA774062BF6E385B190A9F7CC1FD40CE" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="21.9" longLatPrecision="21" longitude="87.53001" municipality="Santu Paria" name="Preserved Specimen Type" stateProvince="West Bengal">
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Preserved Specimen
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Type status:</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation collectingDate="2023-01-01" collectingDateMax="2023-12-31" collectingDateMin="2023-01-01" collectingMethod="Net sweeping" collectorName="Srinjana Ghosh" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" location="Taxon" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" specimenCount="3" specimenCount-male="3" stateProvince="West Bengal" typeStatus="Other material">
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<typeStatus pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Other material</typeStatus>
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.
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<collectingCounty>Occurrence</collectingCounty>
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</emphasis>
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recordedBy:
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<collectingMunicipality>Srinjana Ghosh</collectingMunicipality>
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; sex:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:190BE10AC21863A5B6AAD64F491D78B4" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Taxon" stateProvince="West Bengal">Taxon</location>
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</emphasis>
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scientificName:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:954231341B5C470B2F2E49DE0D4CC449" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Sclerotia" stateProvince="West Bengal">Sclerotia</location>
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substriata (Gorham, 1880); family:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:5B82179D496E1C56B09E94BE41CCDD4B" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Lampyridae" stateProvince="West Bengal">Lampyridae</location>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:7C12B05B613DD67E6DD0D539A2EF96E6" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Location" stateProvince="West Bengal">Location</location>
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</emphasis>
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country:
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<collectingCountry name="India" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">India</collectingCountry>
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:67989363BC9B717BF206F2C3F8E796FF" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Ind" stateProvince="West Bengal">Ind</location>
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; stateProvince:
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<collectingRegion country="India" name="West Bengal">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
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; locality:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:5A0A79723DA64D2D537A36F3E6F830AE" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Aamtala, South 24 Parganas" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" stateProvince="West Bengal">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:2058EF472D96D77FF72C627BE44B5D6E" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Aamtala" stateProvince="West Bengal">Aamtala</location>
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,
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:F4EF377E9A9B5B16BB4BBB47EC9C2D2A" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="South" stateProvince="West Bengal">South</location>
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24
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:A81DAA3B914B3C11AB10D06088212AFE" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Parganas" stateProvince="West Bengal">Parganas</location>
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</location>
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; verbatimCoordinates:
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<geoCoordinate degrees="22" direction="north" minutes="21" orientation="latitude" precision="15" seconds="59" value="22.366388">22°21'59'' N</geoCoordinate>
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, 88°16'37'';
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:D653761B2D416B15B8A391A557A267B6" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Event" stateProvince="West Bengal">Event</location>
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:
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</emphasis>
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samplingProtocol:
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<collectingMethod pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:EF188446D732F6274F18B0F42BEFE5CD" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Net" stateProvince="West Bengal">Net</location>
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sweeping
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</collectingMethod>
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; eventDate:
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<collectingDate pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">14-September-19</collectingDate>
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;
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:3584DFC9E03436A18431045E9E37FD10" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Record Level" stateProvince="West Bengal">Record Level</location>
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:
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</emphasis>
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collectionCode: VUEC-0103, VUEC-0104, VUEC-0105; basisOfRecord:
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<location LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:0B272C8486965DC584A841A03832667F:F05C5F37D407FF5FF359CD0B0F8BC8BC" country="India" county="Occurrence" latitude="22.366388" municipality="Srinjana Ghosh" name="Preserved Specimen" stateProvince="West Bengal">Preserved Specimen</location>
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</materialsCitation>
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</materialsCitation>
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</location>
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</materialsCitation>
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</materialsCitation>
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<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Diagnosis</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">
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Length 8.4 mm; Width 3.8 mm; PN, MN and MS yellowish-orange, elytra light greyish-brown with its apices black tipped and lateral and sutural margins bright yellow, legs yellow with the apical parts of tibae and entire tarsi brownish-black (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStartId="F8264749" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">12</figureCitation>
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).
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. substriata" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="substriata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. substriata</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. aquatilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="aquatilis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. aquatilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(the other known species of the genus from India) by the following set of male characters: V3, V4, V5 brownish-black (in case of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. aquatilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="aquatilis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. aquatilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, V4 and V5 having dark brown patches along the posterior margin with the dark patch of V5 occupying approximately 2/3 of the part posteriorly), LO occupies the entire V6 and V7, with the V7 having a moderately deep (approximately 1/3 of V7 length) median emargination at its anterior margin (in case of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. aquatilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="aquatilis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. aquatilis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, a small median emargination at the anterior part of V7). Male genitalia (Fig.
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<figureCitation captionStartId="F8264761" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">13</figureCitation>
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): Aedeagus L/W 2.1, aedeagal sheath sternite bears no oblique median ridge at posterior part and anteromedian margin of sheath tergite with rounded prolongation (in case of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. aquatilis" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="aquatilis">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. aquatilis</emphasis>
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, aedeagal sheath sternite having an oblique bar and a small median posterior emargination, anteromedian margin of sheath tergite emarginated); Sclerites (Fig.
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) - ventral sclerite almost circular with asymmetrically thickened ventral surface, a curved band lying in the middle; right sclerite bears anterior ventral projection which is hollow and apically rounded; at its side, there lies a curved anteriorly pointed projection, minute lateral projections become fused and lie behind and beneath both of ventral and right sclerites as a broad piece with irregular lateral margins; left sclerite has three lateral slender and pointed projections, the inner arm of median and posterior projections are curved and apically pointed.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Biology</paragraph>
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Males of
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<taxonomicName lsidName="Scl. substriata" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" rank="species" species="substriata">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948">Scl. substriata</emphasis>
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were found in flight up to canopy heights of 6 to 7 metres and over macrophyte surfaces during nocturnal hours. On shining of a bright light, the individuals stop flying and drop. Females are macropterous. Metapneustic larvae are exclusively aquatic in nature and the later instars lack tracheal gills, while in initial instars, lateral bristles function as gills (
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<bibRefCitation author="Fu, X. H." journalOrPublisher="Research Signpost, Kerala, India" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" refId="B8277021" refString="Fu, X. H., Ballantyne, L. A., 2009. Bioluminescence in Focus, A Collection of illuminating essays. Research Signpost, Kerala, India" title="Bioluminescence in Focus, A Collection of illuminating essays" year="2009">Fu and Ballantyne 2009</bibRefCitation>
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). The 1st - 2nd instar larvae obtain dissolved oxygen through tracheal gills, whereas the 3rd - 6th instar back-swimmer larvae, without tracheal gills, swim just below the water surface and expose their abdominal segments to air to breath by their terminal spiracles (
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<bibRefCitation author="Fu, X. H." journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" pagination="501 - 505" refId="B8277035" refString="Fu, X. H., Wang, Y., Lei, C., Nobuyoshi, O., 2005. The swimming behavior of the aquatic larvae of the Firefly Luciola substriata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 59 (4): 501 - 505" title="The swimming behavior of the aquatic larvae of the Firefly Luciola substriata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)" volume="59" year="2005">Fu et al. 2005</bibRefCitation>
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<bibRefCitation author="Zheng, X." journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="0" pageNumber="98948" pagination="550 - 559" refId="B8293467" refString="Zheng, X., Fu, X., Zhang, S., Lei, C., 2008. Larval behaviour probably associated with respiration in Luciola substriata Gorham (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 62 (4): 550 - 559" title="Larval behaviour probably associated with respiration in Luciola substriata Gorham (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)" volume="62" year="2008">Zheng et al. 2008</bibRefCitation>
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). Adult individuals were found near aquatic sites.
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