What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah

A firefly survey was conducted in Podos, Melangkap Noriou and Pinolobu in Kadamaian, Kota Belud during the Borneo Geographic Expedition Kadamaian 2019. A total of 48 fireflies were collected representing at least seven species consisting mainly of Luciola spp. and a single individual of Pyrocoelia s...

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Main Authors: Vickly Mobilim, Mahadimenakbar Mohamed Dawood
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Language:English
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Published: Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2021
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description A firefly survey was conducted in Podos, Melangkap Noriou and Pinolobu in Kadamaian, Kota Belud during the Borneo Geographic Expedition Kadamaian 2019. A total of 48 fireflies were collected representing at least seven species consisting mainly of Luciola spp. and a single individual of Pyrocoelia sp. larva. Identification reveals that two samples are potentially new records to Borneo; cf. Aquilonia sp. and Medeopteryx sp., and also Luciola niah as a new record for Sabah. Furthermore, four samples have unique morphological characters including the potential Aquilonia and Medeopteryx samples and two Luciola samples. Fireflies were caught in various locations such as near rubber plantations, trails and rivers. Findings from this report expands the distributional knowledge about Lampyridae in Borneo.
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spelling ums.eprints-327672022-06-09T04:38:59Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32767/ What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah Vickly Mobilim Mahadimenakbar Mohamed Dawood QL461-599.82 Insects A firefly survey was conducted in Podos, Melangkap Noriou and Pinolobu in Kadamaian, Kota Belud during the Borneo Geographic Expedition Kadamaian 2019. A total of 48 fireflies were collected representing at least seven species consisting mainly of Luciola spp. and a single individual of Pyrocoelia sp. larva. Identification reveals that two samples are potentially new records to Borneo; cf. Aquilonia sp. and Medeopteryx sp., and also Luciola niah as a new record for Sabah. Furthermore, four samples have unique morphological characters including the potential Aquilonia and Medeopteryx samples and two Luciola samples. Fireflies were caught in various locations such as near rubber plantations, trails and rivers. Findings from this report expands the distributional knowledge about Lampyridae in Borneo. Universiti Malaysia Sabah 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32767/1/What%E2%80%99s%20flashing%20in%20Kadamaian.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32767/2/What%E2%80%99s%20flashing%20in%20Kadamaian1.pdf Vickly Mobilim and Mahadimenakbar Mohamed Dawood (2021) What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah. Journal Of Tropical Biology And Conservation, 18. pp. 9-20. ISSN 1823-3902 (P-ISSN) , 2550-1909 (E-ISSN) https://jurcon.ums.edu.my/ojums/index.php/jtbc/article/view/3439
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What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title_full What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title_fullStr What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title_full_unstemmed What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title_short What’s flashing in Kadamaian? A note on Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Kadamaian, Sabah
title_sort what s flashing in kadamaian a note on fireflies coleoptera lampyridae in kadamaian sabah
topic QL461-599.82 Insects
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