Illuminating firefly diversity: trends, threats and conservation strategies

SM Lewis, WFA Jusoh, AC Walker, CE Fallon, R Joyce… - Insects, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Fireflies are a fascinating family of bioluminescent beetles with diverse
lifestyles and behaviors. This review summarizes new findings on their taxonomic and …

Validating species distribution models to illuminate coastal fireflies in the South Pacific (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

LN Sutherland, GS Powell, SM Bybee - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The coastal areas of Vanuatu are under a multitude of threats stemming from
commercialization, human development, and climate change. Atyphella Olliff is a genus of …

Lights ahead: morphology and life stages of the spotted tortoise firefly, Aspisoma sticticum Gemminger, 1870–fireflies with a unique extra pair of lanterns on the larval …

VC da Silva Nunes, EJL de Matos, W Lima, S Vaz… - Annales Zoologici, 2021 - BioOne
Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) spend most of their lives as larvae. Nevertheless,
immature stages of over 99% of species remain unknown, which gives an incomplete picture …

Natural history and ecological niche modelling of coastal Atyphella Olliff Larvae (Lampyridae: Luciolinae) in Vanuatu

NA Saxton, GS Powell, SJ Serrano… - Journal of Natural …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT The genus Atyphella Olliff includes several coastal species with larvae that were
collected on coastal rock within the intertidal zone. Recent fieldwork in Vanuatu has …