A description of larvae and redescription of adults of the firefly Pteroptyx valida Olivier in Selangor, Malaysia (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae), with notes on Luciolinae larvae

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 101-109

  Ballantyne, Lesley A ^a   Menayah, Rasainthiran ^b  

^a CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Adults; Descriptions; Instars; Lampyridae; Larvae; Luciolinae; Pteroptyx valida

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; LAMPYRIDAE;

EID: 0037199240     PISSN: 02172445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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