Systematic review of the firefly genus Scissicauda (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Amydetinae) from Brazil

Luiz Felipe Lima Silveira; Jose Ricardo Mermudes; Milada Bocakova

doi:10.3897/zookeys.558.6040

Vinicius S Ferreira, Oliver Keller, Marc A Branham, Adriana Marvaldi (2020)
Multilocus Phylogeny Support the Nonbioluminescent FireflyChespiritoas a New Subfamily in the Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity 4: .

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Lucas Campello, Stephanie Vaz, José R. M. Mermudes, André L. D. Ferreira, Luiz F. L. Silveira (2022)
Comparative morphology and key to Amydetinae genera, with description of three new firefly species (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). ZooKeys 1114: 131.

DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1114.77692

Angie Gisseth Ladino Peñuela, Juan Pablo Botero, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira (2022)
First Phylogeny of Pseudolychnuris Reveals Its Polyphyly and a Staggering Case of Convergence at the Andean Paramos (Lampyridae: Lampyrini). Insects 13: 697.

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Lynn Frierson Faust, Jeff Davis (2019)
A New Species of Photuris Dejean (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from a Mississippi Cypress Swamp, with Notes on its Behavior. The Coleopterists Bulletin 73: 97.

DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-73.1.97

Sara M. Lewis, Wan F. A. Jusoh, Anna C. Walker, Candace E. Fallon, Richard Joyce, Vor Yiu (2024)
Illuminating Firefly Diversity: Trends, Threats and Conservation Strategies. Insects 15: 71.

DOI: 10.3390/insects15010071

Paula Malaquias Souto, Lucas Campello, Gabriel Khattar, José Ricardo Miras Mermudes, Ricardo Ferreira Monteiro, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira (2019)
How to design a predatory firefly? Lessons from the Photurinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 278: 1.

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Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira, André Silva Roza, Stéphanie Vaz, José Ricardo M. Mermudes (2021)
Description and phylogenetic analysis of a new firefly genus from the Atlantic Rainforest, with five new species and new combinations (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79: 115.

DOI: 10.3897/asp.79.e67185

Leandro Felipe Zeballos, André Silva Roza, Lucas Campello-Gonçalves, Stephanie Vaz, Cláudio Ruy Vasconcelos Da Fonseca, Sara Cristina Rivera, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira (2023)
Phylogeny of Scissicauda Species, with Eight New Species, including the First Photinini Fireflies with Biflabellate Antennae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Diversity 15: 620.

DOI: 10.3390/d15050620

Luiz F. L. Silveira, Simone Policena Rosa, Stephanie Vaz N. C, José R. M. Mermudes (2019)
Systematic Review of the Firefly Genus Lucernuta Laporte, 1833 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Annales Zoologici 69: 293.

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Danilo T. Amaral, Rachel A. Kaplan, Thaís Kaori Enoki Takishita, Daniel R. de Souza, Anderson G. Oliveira, Simone Policena Rosa (2024)
Glowing wonders: exploring the diversity and ecological significance of bioluminescent organisms in Brazil. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences 23: 1373.

DOI: 10.1007/s43630-024-00590-x

Milada Bocakova, Lucas Campello-Gonçalves, Luiz Felipe Lima Da Silveira (2022)
Phylogeny of the new subfamily Cladodinae: neotenic fireflies from the Neotropics (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195: 1181.

DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab091

Luiz F L Silveira, Gabriel Khattar, Stephanie Vaz, Vinicius A. Wilson, Paula M. Souto, José R. M. Mermudes, Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Margarete V. Macedo, Ricardo F. Monteiro (2020)
Natural history of the fireflies of the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro) – one of the ‘hottest’ firefly spots on Earth, with a key to genera (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Journal of Natural History 54: 275.

DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2020.1749323

Stephanie Vaz, Maria Cecília Guerrazzi, Marizete Rocha, Lynn Faust, Gabriel Khattar, José Mermudes, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira (2021)
On the intertidal firefly genus Micronaspis Green, 1948, with a new species and a phylogeny of Cratomorphini based on adult and larval traits (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 292: 64.

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2021.01.002

Viviane Nunes, Gonçalo Figueira, Luis Filipe Lopes, Paula Souto (2021)
On the Natural History of the Black Winged Firefly, Phosphaenopterus metzneri Schaufuss, 1870 with Comparative Notes on Phosphaenina (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Annales Zoologici 71: .

DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.3.005

Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira, William Lima, Cláudio Ruy Vasconcelos da Fonseca, Joseph McHugh (2022)
Haplocauda, a New Genus of Fireflies Endemic to the Amazon Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Insects 13: 58.

DOI: 10.3390/insects13010058

William Lima, Alexey G. Moseyko, Luiz Felipe Lima Da Silveira (2024)
New world lampyrid types at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. European Journal of Taxonomy 943: .

DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2575

Luiz Silveira, Gabriel Khattar, Paula Souto, José Ricardo M. Mermudes, Daniela M. Takiya, Ricardo F. Monteiro (2016)
Integrative taxonomy of new firefly taxa from the Atlantic Rainforest. Systematics and Biodiversity 14: 371.

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Viviane Campos da Silva Nunes, Eduardo José Lemos de Matos, William Lima, Stephanie Vaz, José Ricardo M. Mermudes, Luiz Felipe Lima da Silveira (2021)
Lights Ahead: Morphology and Life Stages of the Spotted Tortoise Firefly, Aspisoma sticticum Gemminger, 1870 – Fireflies with a Unique Extra Pair of Lanterns on the Larval Pronotum (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Annales Zoologici 71: .

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Stephanie Vaz, Mariana Mendes, Gabriel Khattar, Margarete Macedo, Cristina Ronquillo, Alejandra Zarzo-Arias, Joaquín Hortal, Luiz Silveira (2023)
Firefly (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) species from the Atlantic Forest hotspot, Brazil. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: .

DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e101000

Gavin J Martin, Kathrin F Stanger-Hall, Marc A Branham, Luiz F L Da Silveira, Sarah E Lower, David W Hall, Xue-Yan Li, Alan R Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Seth M Bybee, Bjarte Jordal (2019)
Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity 3: .

DOI: 10.1093/isd/ixz024