different between firefly vs lampyrid
firefly
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From fire +? fly.
Noun
firefly (plural fireflies)
- Any beetle of the family Lampyridae, which exhibit bioluminescence during twilight.
- 2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,
- Fireflies are the best-known insects that produce light. […] Many fireflies use their light to communicate, particularly at mating time when males and females have to get together.
- 2004, B. V. David, T. N. Ananthakrishnan, Chapter 20: Bioluminescence, General and Applied Entomology, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2nd Edition, page 130,
- The luciferins are different in different species and today both the luciferin and luciferase in the firefly are available in the crystalline form.
- 2007, Lars Olof Björn, Helen Ghiradella, 23: Bioluminescence, Lars Olof Björn (editor), Photobiology: The Science of Life and Light, Springer, 2nd Edition, page 607,
- Various other luciferase genes, especially the firefly luciferase gene, are also used for the study of gene regulation. […] The classic use of bioluminescence, however, is the use of a luciferin-luciferase mixture from fireflies as an assay for ATP.
- 2000, Exploring Life Science, 2: Bats—Cave Life, Marshall Cavendish, page 96,
Synonyms
- (beetle): lightning bug
Translations
See also
- glowworm
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lampyrid
English
Noun
lampyrid (plural lampyrids)
- (zoology) Any member of the family Lampyridae; a firefly or lightning bug
Translations
- Italian: lampiride (it)
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