Luciola curtithorax

拟纹螢 Black Marked Flasher

Morphological features：Body length 6.5-8.0 mm, a large black mark at the middle of pronotum anterior region, size and darkness of the mark varies across individuals; light organs occupying ventrite 6 & 7 in male; only ventrite 6 in female. Female resembles male, but with smaller compound eyes. Close to Luciola nr. laticollis, but larger in body size, bearing light colour elytra rim and flash pattern is flash train.

Distribution： In the forests of Guangzhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shenzhen, and other areas in Guangdong.  Hongkong：Ngong Ping (Lantau), Tei Tong Tsai, Yi Tung Shan, A Po Long, Mui Wo.

Adult flight period：May to June.

形态特征：体长6.5-8.0毫米。前胸背板前方中部有大黑斑，黑斑大小和深浅有个体差异；雄萤发光器位于整个第6腹板和第7腹板。雌萤与雄萤外表近似，复眼较小，发光器位于整个第6腹板。与 Luciola nr. laticollis 相似，但本种较大，具有浅色鞘翅边缘，发光模式为复式脉冲闪光。

分布地点：广东广州、东莞、佛山、深圳等地的树林里，香港大屿山昂坪、地塘仔、二东山、阿婆塱、梅窝。

成虫活跃月份：5-6月。

其他资料：成虫在茂盛的树林内活动，有时数百只成虫在同一地点同时出现。雄萤在空中发出的每个闪光间隔0.5-0.7秒，每个闪光持续0.5-0.6秒，由4-8个紧连脉冲组成。

This adult firefly was caught by a spider and is also infected with fungu——

After artificial breeding, the eggs laid by the female adults hatch into larvae 25 days later, as shown in the picture below (Note: larvae have not yet been recorded in the wild, and their habits remain unknown)—

The light of  Luciola curtithorax—