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- Phosphaenus hemipterus, the short-winged firefly or lesser glow worm, is a beetle in the monotypic genus Phosphaenus and the family Lampyridae. It is found...
- groups do not show bioluminescence and use chemical signaling, instead. Phosphaenus hemipterus has photic organs, yet is a diurnal firefly and displays large...
- glowing. In Britain, this species is fairly common compared to its cousin Phosphaenus hemipterus – the lesser glow worm – which is very rare.[citation needed]...
- fontisbellaquaei Geoffroy, 1785 Synonyms Homalisus nigricans Schilsky, 1888 Omalysus fontisbellaquei (Geoffroy) Müller, 1764 Phosphaenus rougeti J. E. Olivier, 1884...
- Lampyridae Lamprohiza splendidula Lampyris noctiluca – common glow-worm Phosphaenus hemipterus – lesser glow-worm Family Cantharidae See List of soldier...
- Mimophotinus Pic, 1935 Oliviereus Pic, 1930 Phosphaenopterus Schaufuss, 1870 Phosphaenus Fourcroy, 1785 Photinoides McDermott, 1963 Photinus Laporte, 1833 – rover...