Author:
FU XINHUA,BALLANTYNE LESLEY,LAMBKIN CHRISTINE L.
Abstract
Aquatica, a new genus of aquatic fireflies from mainland China, is described and keyed from males of A. leii (Fu et Ballantyne 2006), A. ficta (Olivier 1909), A. hydrophila (Jeng et al. 2003) and A. lateralis (Motsch. 1860), all transferred from Luciola, and A. wuhana sp. n. from Hubei Province, which is described from adult males and females and larvae. Adult females and larvae are associated for all species. Five species of aquatic fireflies are now recorded from China.
Subject
Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics