Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Southeastern Brazil: Habitats, Life History, and Bioluminescence

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 129-145

  Viviani, Vadim R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Fireflies; Habitats; Lampyridae; Larvae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012193426     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0129:FCLFSB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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