Aquatica is a genus of fireflies in the subfamily Luciolinae. The species are found in China, Taiwan, Japan, Russia and Korea. Fu, Ballantyne and Lambkin erected the genus in 2010, using phylogenetic, morphological and behavioural evidence. Its type species is Aquatica wuhana.[1] It contains five species:
- Aquatica lateralis (Motschulsky, 1860)
- Aquatica ficta (Olivier, 1909)
- Aquatica hydrophila (Jeng et al., 2003)
- Aquatica leii (Fu & Ballantyne, 2006)
- Aquatica wuhana Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Luciolinae |
| Genus: | Aquatica Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Aquatica wuhana Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010
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All of the species except A. wuhana were previously placed in Luciola. The larvae are aquatic, and the name is derived from the English word "aquatic".[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Fu, Xinhua; Ballantyne, Lesley; Lambkin, Christine L. (2010). "Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)". Zootaxa (2530): 1–18. doi:10.5281/zenodo.196535.
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