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    Photinus pyralis, also known by the common names the common eastern firefly or big dipper firefly, and sometimes called a "lightning bug", is a species...
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    trachea. One well-studied luciferase is that of the Photinini firefly Photinus pyralis, which has an optimum pH of 7.8. Also well studied is the sea pansy...
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    Jamaican Firefly Photinus punctulatus LeConte, 1852 Photinus pyralis Linnaeus, 1767 – Common eastern firefly, big dipper firefly) Photinus tanytoxis Lloyd...
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  • species in the genus Photinus. Photinus abrilae Zaragoza-Caballero y González-Ramírez, 2020 Photinus acuminatus Green, 1956 Photinus advenus E. Olivier...
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  • closely related to Photinus pyralis. "Photinus concisus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23. "Photinus concisus". GBIF...
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  • (Lampyris noctiluca) from Assos, Turkey Lampyridae: Male common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis) from Evansville, United States Elateridae: Male headlight click beetle...
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    dehydroluciferyl-AMP. Inouye tested this hypothesis in 2010 by expressing the cDNA of Photinus pyralis and Lychocoriolaus lateralis luciferses in E. coli through cold shock...
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    Photuris fireflies sometimes mimic the light pattern of another firefly, Photinus, to attract its males as prey. In this way they obtain both food and the...
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    Photinus pyralis, firefly, in flight...
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  • other species. Photuris versicolor appear to target males, such as Photinus pyralis, specifically for the lucibufagin steroids that their prey produce...
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    Photinini are a large tribe of fireflies in the subfamily Lampyrinae. Photinus pyralis is famous in biotechnology for its luciferase gene. This is sometimes...
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  • Apis mellifera 1978 Tennessee Common eastern firefly (state insect) Photinus pyralis 1975 7-spotted ladybug (state insect) Coccinella septempunctata 1975...
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    insects by Public Chapter 292 of the Acts of 1975. The firefly species Photinus pyralis is the most familiar firefly species in the state. In 1990, Public...
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    but in this case the specific species referred to (if any) may be Photinus pyralis, the most common species of firefly in North America. List of U.S....
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    The compound eyes are smaller than those of nocturnal species like Photinus pyralis. The elytra are black or brown-black and have granulated texture. The...
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  • noctiluca – Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm Cantharis pyralisPhotinus pyralis Cantharis lampyris Cantharis ignita – Aspisoma ignitum Cantharis...
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  • lateralis, Japanese aquatic firefly "Heike-botaru" (firefly) (2018) Photinus pyralis, Big Dipper firefly (2018) Protaetia brevitarsis, White-spotted flower...
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    Crown-of-thorns starfish Echinodermata 684 XP_022096254 197 56.76% 62% Photinus pyralis Big dipper firefly Arthropoda 797 XP_031346726 183 58.04% 62% Pomacea...
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    kowalevskii Acorn worm Enteropneusta 684 XP_002733424.1 197 41.5 58.5 Photinus pyralis Common eastern firefly Coleoptera 797 XP_031329322.1 200 23.7 39.9...
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