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🧬 Biological Classification (Kingdom to Species)Pyrocoelia rufa

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Lampyridae

Genus

Pyrocoelia

Species

Pyrocoelia rufa

Insecta🥩 Carnivore

Pyrocoelia rufa

Pyrocoelia rufa (Pyrocoelia rufa · アキマドボタル)

🛡️ Conservation Status (IUCN Red List)NE (Not Evaluated)

Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.

Geological Era

Extant

Diet

Carnivore

Length · Height

1.5~1.8cm · No data

Mass · Top Speed

No data · No data

Habitat & Fossil Locality

Damp forests, mountain foothills near valleys, and river embankments

💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed

💡 A body length of 18 mm is the same size as a Korean 10-won coin (18 mm in diameter) (Comparison).
💡 Adults appear between mid-August and October, and it is the wingless female that glows on the ground or on grass stems (National List of Species of Korea).

Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.

#늦반딧불이#Pyrocoelia rufa

📖 1. Overview

Pyrocoelia rufa is the largest firefly species in Korea, appearing from mid-August to October and inhabiting the entire Korean Peninsula.

🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology

Its head is hidden beneath the broad pronotum and invisible from above, and both front sides of the pronotum are transparent. Females are wingless, and the last two abdominal segments bearing the light organs are yellowish white.

🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior

Larvae live in damp forests preying on land snails and freshwater snails. Males fly to females glowing on the ground surface or grass stems to mate.

🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea

The National List of Species of Korea records that it inhabits the entire Korean Peninsula—especially central and southern Korea and Jeju Island—and is also distributed in Japan and China.