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大帽山扁螢 Tai Mo Shan Elephant Firefly, Lamprigera taimoshana

形態特徵：雄螢體長16-18毫米，觸角鋸齒狀、短小；複眼巨大；鞘翅邊緣黄褐色；發光器點狀，位於第7腹板兩側。雄螢飛行能力弱、只發出微弱的光。

Morphological features：Male body length 16-18 mm, antennae serrate, small and short; compound eyes very large; elytra rim yellowish brown, a pair of light organs located at 7th ventrite. Male is a weak flyer, only shows weak light.

香港特有種 Endemic to Hong Kong

Fireflies in this genus are ant inquilines, and all life stages have been found in the brood-queen-fungal chambers of varied #ant species. They don't seem to feed on or harm the ants.

For more information:
Sivinski, J. M., J. E. Lloyd, S. N. Beshers, L. R. Davis, R. G. Sivinski, S. R. Wing, R. T. Sullivan, P. E. Cushing, and E. Petersson. 1998. A natural history of Pleotomodes needhami Green (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): a firefly symbiont of ants. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52(1): 23–30.