Aquatica

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Lampyridae
Subfamilia: Luciolinae
Genus: Aquatica
Species: A. ficta – A. hydrophila – A. lateralis – A. leii – A. wuhana

[species after Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin (2010)]
Name

Aquatica Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010
Gender

feminine
Type species

Aquatica wuhana Xin-Hua Fu, Lesley Ballantyne & Christine Lynette Lambkin, 2010, by original designation

References
Primary references

Fu, X.H., Ballantyne, L. & Lambkin, C.L. 2010. Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae). Zootaxa 2530(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2530.1.1 Paywall. Reference page.

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

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.[1]
References

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.