New Record ofPteroptyx tenerOlivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) in Thailand

Sriboonlert, Ajaraporn; Swatdipong, Akarapong; Wonnapinij, Passorn; E-kobon, Teerasak; Thancharoen, Anchana

doi:10.1649/0010-065x-69.2.332

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“…The P. tener Thailand was only spotted in a brackish river along the Tapi River in Phunpin district, Surat Thani. Pteroptyx fireflies in this area were present throughout the year, with the most significant proportion of adult fireflies seen in October and December (Sriboonlert et al, 2015). Air temperature has also been proven to have a spatial impact on firefly populations.…”

Section: Abiotic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 91%

“…In the mangrove area of Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Thailand, which is closer to Malaysia and linked to Surat Thani, no Ptreoptyx tener was found. It is probably due to the lack of ecological linkages in coastal habitats suitable for fireflies, owing to the fragmentation of mangrove areas in this country, which has influenced the occurrence trend of P. tener (Sriboonlert et al, 2015). The study by Jaikla et al (2020) shows that display trees with open canopies located at river bends are prominent features for fireflies.…”

Section: Biotic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Some Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Firefly Population Abundance in Southeast Asia: A Review

Seri¹,

Rahman²,

Kassim³

2022

JST

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This paper reviews biotic and abiotic factors that influence the life cycle of fireflies. This review paper has screened and chosen articles by using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) from two databases: Semantic Scholar (n = 1080) and Google Scholar (n = 2280). From this review, generally, abiotic factors, i.e., water level in soil, air temperature, air humidity, rainy season, altitude, water salinity (NaCl), wind direction, wind speed, dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N) and maximum air pollution index (API) were most likely influenced the population abundance and distribution of the fireflies in Southeast Asia. Biotic factors include the presence of Cyclotropis carinata snails, vegetation health, tree suitability (leaf size, density, arrangement of leaves, tree location), insecticides (Saponins) in some vegetation species, plant structural architecture, and food (nectar and sap) were the most likely to influence the presence of fireflies species even though synchronous firefly of Southeast Asia were found in other vegetation species, Sonneratia caseolaris (Berembang) still the most preferred display tree. From this review, we also found that Malaysia has the highest reported findings on firefly studies in this region. To conclude, numerous abiotic and biotic elements should be researched further to determine their relationship to firefly populations and other vertebrate - invertebrates in their natural environment.

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Section: Abiotic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Biotic Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Some Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Firefly Population Abundance in Southeast Asia: A Review

Seri¹,

Rahman²,

Kassim³

2022

JST

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“…This may be because of the landmark positions on the firefly body used for analysis showed no differences between the two Pteroptyx species. P. valida and P. malaccae are members of the genus Pteroptyx, which are brackish aquatic fireflies that makes them similar in morphology and habitat (Sriboonlert et al 2015). These morphological similarities present difficulties in distinguishing the two species.…”

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Geometric morphometrics as a tool for three species identification of the firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Thailand

Sumruayphol

Chaiphongpachara

2019

Biodiversitas

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Abstract. Chaiphongpachara T, Sumruayphol S. 2019. Geometric morphometrics as a tool for three species identification of the firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Thailand. Biodiversitas 20: 2388-2395. Firefly is an insect belonging to the Lampyridae family that is important to the ecosystem, generates income from tourism in the area and act as a biological control for snail, an intermediate hosts of trematode parasites. Some types of the firefly, it is difficult to distinguish the species using standard methods because of similarities in morphology while the external characteristics of specimens are damaged during collection, presenting an obstacle to species identification. This study used geometric morphometrics (GM) for identification of firefly species. Samples collection was conducted in the rainy season from August to October 2015 in three districts of Samut Songkham province, Thailand. A total of 200 and 157 fireflies from 3 genera and four species, including Luciola aquatilis Thancharoen, Pteroptyx valida Olivier, Pteroptyx malaccae Gorham and Pyrocoelia praetexta Olivier were used for landmark-based and outline-based GM analysis, respectively. The results showed that both types of GM analysis produced similar results, size variation between two firefly pairs was not statistically significant, including female L. aquatilis with male P. praetexta, and female P. valida with male P. valida. Both landmark-based and outline-based GM methods can distinguish the shape for each type of firefly with high accuracy, especially the outline-based GM method. This result was supported by reclassification scores. According to our findings, the GM can be used to separate species of firefly with high efficiency. Therefore, this GM method represents one way of overcoming difficulties with firefly identification and can support future studies of fireflies.

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“…Pteroptyx tener is a species of congregating fireflies that flash synchronously with the purpose of finding mating partners. This species is commonly found in Malaysia (Jusoh, Ballantyne, & Chan, 2013) as well as the southern part of Thailand (Sriboonlert, Swatdipong, Wonnapinij, Teerasak, & Thancharoen, 2015). Pteroptyx tener shows high affinity towards Sonneratia caseolaris, a tree commonly found in mangrove area of tropical regions such as Peninsular Malaysia (Shahara, Nura Adila, Maimon, & Norela, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phylogenetic and Haplotype Analyses Offer Insights Towards Conservation of Pteroptyx tener Olivier, 1907 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Populations from Malaysia

Abdullah

Halim

Dawood

et al. 2023

jers

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The synchronous-flashing firefly, Pteroptyx tener Olivier, 1907 is a congregating firefly with high economic value for the ecotourism industry. However, the populations of P. tener are increasingly being threatened due to habitat destruction. The assessment of genetic variation within and among populations of the species from Malaysia might play a major role in conservation and management programs. Objectives of this study were to investigate the relationships among P. tener from five populations in Malaysia (Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Sabah) using cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), and to obtain its haplotype information. A total of 50 sequences of P. tener were used in the Neighbour-Joining (NJ), Maximum Parsimony (MP), and Bayesian Inference (BI) phylogenetic analyses and successfully formed several distinct clades of West and East Malaysia (East Coast and West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia) with moderately to highly supported bootstrap values and posterior probabilities. Several haplotype analysis parameters are presented; low nucleotide diversity (PiT, 0.01893), haplotype number (Hn, 19), and high haplotype diversity (Hd, 0.89469). Our findings assumed that the geographical isolation due to the inability for flying long distances without help by the wind and flooding in tidal rivers. The data presented here are important genetic information on the P. tener populations and are important for the conservation programme in Malaysia by conducting the breeding program among populations that have similar genetic information.

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New Record ofPteroptyx tenerOlivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) in Thailand

Cited by 13 publications

References 14 publications

Some Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Firefly Population Abundance in Southeast Asia: A Review

Some Abiotic and Biotic Factors Influencing Firefly Population Abundance in Southeast Asia: A Review

Geometric morphometrics as a tool for three species identification of the firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Thailand

Phylogenetic and Haplotype Analyses Offer Insights Towards Conservation of Pteroptyx tener Olivier, 1907 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) Populations from Malaysia

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