On the larva of the Iberian allochthonous endemic firefly Photinus immigrans Zaragoza-Caballero & Viñolas, 2018 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/graellsia.2021.v77.319Keywords:
alien species, identification, sympatry, interspecific competition, larval stageAbstract
The firefly species Photinus immigrans is currently known only from the Iberian Peninsula, although it is likely an introduced species that originated from somewhere in North America. Its last larval stage is here newly recorded and illustrated. The larvae can be easily distinguished from the larvae of Iberian native species by having several longitudinal light brown to reddish stripes on each segment on a black to dark brown background. They were found living in the soil, in the upper 10–15 cm. P. immigrans lives in sympatry with at least three other native lampyrid species: Lampyris iberica, Nyctophila reichii and Lamprohiza mulsantii, although it was not observed in strict syntopy, at least during larval phases, in our surveys. Larvae of Photinus immigrans probably use at least partly different alimentary resources, and adult communication signals are different to those of native species living in sympatry, although a detailed study of interspecific competition and the potential effect of the species on the native fireflies is pending.
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