identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
038A8791FFF05D65FF99D698BDB6B84D.text	038A8791FFF05D65FF99D698BDB6B84D.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Bicellonycha amoena Gorham 1880	<div><p>Results</p><p>Male flash pattern. The time of most flashings of  B. amoena was from mid to late dusk and early night. The male flashing activity began ~30 minutes after sunset and lasted approximately 70 minutes. We observed that males of the MGC population flew about a meter from the ground surrounding females while females stayed on the grass. In contrast, males of the SS population, similarly to females, remained at the tip of the leaves of the grass. The flash of the males lasts a few milliseconds, while that of the females lasts approximately one second. At 17°C, males in the SS population flashed every 6.21 sec, and at 20°C, at the MGC population, every 6.02 sec.</p><p>Bioluminescent emission spectrum. The light from the lantern of  B. amoena appears yellowish-green. Spectroscope measurements confirm a lime-green color. On average, the shortest wavelength present in the spectrum of bioluminescence of both males and females at the SS population is 530 nm; and the longest is 626 nm. At MGC population for both sexes, the shortest average is 526 nm, and the largest is 615 nm. There is no significant difference between populations in terms of which wavelength was the shortest and largest within the wavelength range of the bioluminescence spectrum (z = −1.63, p&gt; 0.05, n = 10; z = −0.92, p&gt; 0.05, n = 10 respectively). On average, the shortest wavelength present in the bioluminescence spectrum of  B. amoena is 528 nm, and the largest is 621 nm. The wavelength of maximum intensity (peak wavelength) is 565 nm (Fig. 3). It is comparable to that of the North American species  Photinus consanguineous (LeConte, 1852),  Photinus consimilis (Green, 1956),  Photinus sabulosus (Green, 1956), and  Photinus umbratus (LeConte, 1878) (Fig. 4).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038A8791FFF05D65FF99D698BDB6B84D	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Arrivillaga-Cano, Eduardo A.;Muñoz-Soler, María P.;Pineda, Diegopáblo;Rosales, Edgar R.;Schuster, Jack C.	Arrivillaga-Cano, Eduardo A., Muñoz-Soler, María P., Pineda, Diegopáblo, Rosales, Edgar R., Schuster, Jack C. (2023): Description of the bioluminescent emission spectrum of Bicellonycha amoena Gorham, 1880 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in Guatemala. Insecta Mundi 2023 (997): 1-9, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8222246
