Enigmatic Campyloxenus: Shedding light on the delayed origin of bioluminescence in ancient Gondwanan click beetles

Summary: Gondwanan elaterids, previously thought to be unrelated, include bioluminescent Campyloxenus earlier placed in bioluminescent Pyrophorinae. Genomic data suggest close relationships between Gondwanan groups. We maintain Morostomatinae and Hapatesinae and redefine Pityobiinae with Nearctic Pi...

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Main Authors: Michal Motyka, Dominik Kusy, Elizabeth T. Arias-Bohart, Seth M. Bybee, Ladislav Bocak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-12-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004223025178