This project was supported by the Natural Scientific Foundation of Yunnan Province (2006C0046Q).
Morphology of different development stages from egg, larva, pupa to adult (male and female) of the firefly, Pyrocoelia pygidialis Pic, was described in details. Some biological habits were noted according to the rec...
Diaphanes is the fourth largest genus in Lampyridae, but no luciferase gene from this genus has been reported. In this paper, by PCR amplification of the genomic DNA, the luciferase gene of Diaphanes pectinealis, whic...