Kelip-kelip

Kelip-kelip
Kelip-kelip Photuris lucicrescens[1]
Pengelasan saintifik
Alam:
Haiwan
Filum:
Artropoda
Kelas:
Serangga
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder:
Elateriformia
Superkeluarga:
Elateroidea
Keluarga:
Lampyridae

Latreille, 1817
Subfamilies

Cyphonocerinae
Lampyrinae
Luciolinae
Ototetrinae (dipertikai)
Photurinae
dan lihat bawah

Genus incertae sedis:
Oculogryphus
Pterotus LeConte, 1859

Kelip-kelip atau dikenali sebagai kunang-kunang ialah sejenis serangga bersayap yang mengeluarkan cahaya yang berkelip-kelip pada waktu malam.

Bentuk larva betina menunjukkan organ pemancar cahaya pada perut.

Rujukan

  1. ^ Cirrus Digital Firefly Photuris lucicrescens
  • Branham, M. A., and J. W. Wenzel. 2003. The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Cladistics 19: 1-22.http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118842393/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0[pautan mati kekal]
  • Lewis, S. M., and C. K. Cratsley. 2008. Flash signal evolution, mate choice, and predation in fireflies. Annual Review of Entomology 53:293-321. http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ento.53.103106.093346
  • Stous, Hollend. 1997. A review of predation in Photuris, and its effects on the evolution of flash signaling in other New World fireflies. http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/Entomology/courses/en507/papers_1997/stous.html

Pautan luar


  • http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi
  • http://www.iisc.ernet.in/academy/resonance/Sept2002/pdf/Sept2002p49-55.pdf Diarkibkan 2008-12-17 di Wayback Machine
  • Fireflies, long-term exposures, Germany
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