Diaphanes (beetle)

Diaphanes
Diaphanes citrinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Lampyrinae
Genus: Diaphanes
Motschulsky, 1853
Type species
Diaphanes luniger
Motschulsky, 1853
Species

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Diaphanes is a genus of fireflies in the Lampyrinae subfamily.[1] The males have wings while the females are apterous. The males have an elongated clypeus. Both males and females have light-emitting organs.

Species in this genus include:[2]

  • Diaphanes abyssinus E. Olivier, 1911
  • Diaphanes adustus Motschulsky, 1854
  • Diaphanes alluaudi E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes amplicollis Gerstaecker, 1871
  • Diaphanes bilineaticollis Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes birmanensis E. Olivier, 1885
  • Diaphanes brevicarinatus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes bugnioni Bourgeois, 1909
  • Diaphanes cheni Jeng in Jeng et al., 2001
  • Diaphanes citrinus E. Olivier, 1911
  • Diaphanes coomani Pic, 1929
  • Diaphanes costulatus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes diversipes Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes dorsalis E. Olivier, 1886
  • Diaphanes elongatus Pic, 1927
  • Diaphanes exsanguis E. Olivier, 1909
  • Diaphanes fenetrellus Bourgeois, 1890
  • Diaphanes flavilateralis Jeng and Yang in Jeng et al., 2001
  • Diaphanes formosus E. Olivier, 1910
  • Diaphanes fossicollis E. Olivier, 1908
  • Diaphanes fraternus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes fuscipennis Gorham, 1882
  • Diaphanes giganteus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes guttatus Gorham, 1880
  • Diaphanes harmandi Pic, 1925
  • Diaphanes huddi Gorham, 1880
  • Diaphanes humeralis E. Olivier, 1885
  • Diaphanes ictericus Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1817
  • Diaphanes indicus Motschulsky, 1854
  • Diaphanes indutus E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes innotaticollis Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes javanus Gorham, 1880
  • Diaphanes jeanneli E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes kilimanus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes lampyroides E. Olivier, 1891
  • Diaphanes lateapicalis Pic, 1935
  • Diaphanes lateralis Pic, 1931
  • Diaphanes latipennis Pic, 1931
  • Diaphanes laurenti Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes leucopyga E. Olivier, 1886
  • Diaphanes limbatus Gorham, 1880
  • Diaphanes lineatus Pic, 1954
  • Diaphanes longicarinatus Pic, 1955
  • Diaphanes longicornis Blair, 1928
  • Diaphanes longithorax Pic, 1935
  • Diaphanes luniger Motschulsky, 1853
  • Diaphanes lutescens Walker, 1858
  • Diaphanes mammosus E. Olivier, 1900
  • Diaphanes mareei Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes marginellus Hope in Gray, 1831
  • Diaphanes mendax E. Olivier, 1891
  • Diaphanes mendicanus Gorham, 1903
  • Diaphanes meruanus Bourgeois, 1910
  • Diaphanes messorius E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes monticolus E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes moultoni E. Olivier, 1909
  • Diaphanes nigroreductus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes nimbosus E. Olivier, 1909
  • Diaphanes nitidior Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes nitidus Pic, 1931
  • Diaphanes niveus Jeng and Satô in Jeng et al., 2001
  • Diaphanes notaticollis E. Olivier, 1888
  • Diaphanes nubilus Jeng and Lai in Jeng et al., 2001
  • Diaphanes olivieri Gorham, 1895
  • Diaphanes opacus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes pallidior Pic, 1956
  • Diaphanes pallidus Pic, 1938
  • Diaphanes patruelis Bourgeois, 1890
  • Diaphanes pectinealis Li & Liang, 2007[3]
  • Diaphanes pellucens E. Olivier, 1886
  • Diaphanes pici McDermott, 1966
  • Diaphanes picinus E. Olivier, 1906
  • Diaphanes piligerus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes plagiator E. Olivier, 1891
  • Diaphanes planitianus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes planus Gorham, 1895
  • Diaphanes preapicalis Pic, 1958
  • Diaphanes pygidialis Bourgeois, 1890
  • Diaphanes raapi E. Olivier, 1897
  • Diaphanes reductus Pic, 1931
  • Diaphanes rhodesianus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes rugicollis Fairmaire, 1887
  • Diaphanes schoutedeni E. Olivier, 1914
  • Diaphanes serotinus E. Olivier, 1907
  • Diaphanes signaticollis Pic, 1950
  • Diaphanes simulator E. Olivier, 1913
  • Diaphanes sinuatus E. Olivier, 1908
  • Diaphanes sjoestedti Bourgeois, 1910
  • Diaphanes soyauxi Kolbe, 1883
  • Diaphanes splichali E. Olivier, 1912
  • Diaphanes strangulatus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes subapicalis Pic, 1933
  • Diaphanes subtestaceus Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes ugandanus Kolbe, 1898
  • Diaphanes ultimus E. Olivier, 1909
  • Diaphanes unimaculatus Pic, 1931
  • Diaphanes uvaparanagama Wijekoon, 2024
  • Diaphanes vaneyeni Pic, 1952
  • Diaphanes varipes E. Olivier, 1914

References

  1. ^ Wijekoon, W. M. C. D.; Wegiriya, H. C. E. (2024). "A new species of the genus Diaphanes (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae), D. uvaparanagama Wijekoon, from Sri Lanka". Asian Journal of Conservation Biology. 13 (2): 135–142. doi:10.53562/ajcb.70529.
  2. ^ Jeng, Ming-Luen; Lai, Jennifer; Yang, Ping-Shih; Satô, Masataka (2001). "Revision of the Genus Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Lampyrinae) of Taiwan". Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 7. Japanese Society of systematic Entomology. doi:10.69343/jjsystent.7.2_203. 2. Retrieved 2025-11-26.
  3. ^ Li, Xueyan; Liang, Xingcai (2007). "A new species of the genus Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan, Southwest China". Zootaxa. 1533 (1). doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1533.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.