Aspisoma physonotum is a species of firefly from the genus Aspisoma. The species were originally described by Henry Stephen Gorham in 1884.

Aspisoma physonotum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Aspisoma
Species:
A. physonotum
Binomial name
Aspisoma physonotum
(Gorham, 1884)

A. physontum are found predominatly in Brazil,[1][2] as well as Colombia and Ecuador. They are pale green in colour.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Viviani, Vadim (2001). "Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Southeastern Brazil: Habitats, Life History, and Bioluminescence". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94. Entomological Society of America: 129-145. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0129:FCLFSB]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86345143.
  2. ^ Santos, Raphael M.; Schlindwein, Marcelo Nivert; Viviani, Vadim R. (2016). "Survey of Bioluminescent Coleoptera in the Atlantic Rain Forest of Serra da Paranapiacaba in São Paulo State (Brazil)". Biota Neotropica. 16. doi:10.1590/1676-0611-BN-2015-0045.
  3. ^ McDermott, Frank A. (1964). "The Taxonomy of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera)". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 90 (1). American Entomological Society: 57. JSTOR 25077867.