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      Bioluminescent Coleoptera of Biological Station of Boracéia (Salesópolis, SP, Brazil): diversity, bioluminescence and habitat distribution Translated title: Coleópteros Bioluminescentes da Estação Biológica de Boracéia (Salesópolis, SP, Brasil): diversidade, bioluminescência e distribuição por habitat

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          Brazil hosts the richest biodiversity of bioluminescent beetles in the world. Several species are found in the Atlantic rain forest, one of the richest and most threatened tropical forests in the world. We have catalogued the biodiversity of bioluminescent species mainly of Elateroidea superfamily occurring in one of the last largest and most preserved remnants of Atlantic rain forest, located at the Biological Station of Boracéia of São Paulo University (Salesopolis, SP, Brazil). This site accounted with the largest diversity ever found for a single place in São Paulo State, with 39 species: Lampyridae (30), Phengodidae (5), Elateridae (3) and Staphylinidae (1). This fauna has unique species that were not found in any other places of Atlantic forest in São Paulo state, especially fireflies from the Lampyrinae tribes (Cratomorphini, Lamprocerini, Lucidotini), the subfamilies Amydetinae and Photurinae, and the phengodids Pseudophengodes and Brasilocerus sp.2. Most species are found in dense Ombrophyl forest or at their border, and a few ones are found dwelling in the few open fields around the forest. There is a predominance of glowing patterns in the green region among forest inhabiting species when compared with open field fireflies.

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          O Brasil tem a maior biodiversidade de coleópteros bioluminescentes do mundo. Muitas destas espécies são encontradas na Mata Atlantica, um dos mais ricos e ameaçados ecossitemas. Catalogamos a biodiversidade de espécies bioluminescentes da superfamília Elateroidea em um dos maiores e mais preservados remanescentes de Mata Atlântica da Serra do Mar, localizado na Estação Biológica de Boraceia (E.B.B.) em Salesopolis, SP, reserva administrada pelo Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo. Este local contou com a maior biodiversidade de espécies bioluminescentes já encontrada num único local dentro do estado, com 39 espécies: Lampyridae (30), Phengodidae (5), Elateridae (3) e Staphylinidae (1). Esta fauna tem espécies únicas não encontradas em nenhum outro lugar investigado de Mata Atlântica no estado de São Paulo, especialmente das tribos de Lampyrinae (Cratomorphini, Lamprocerini, Lucidotini), as subfamílias Amydetinae e Photurinae, e os fengodídeos Pseudophengodes e Brasilocerus sp.2. A maioria das espécies ocorre em floresta ombrófila densa, e poucas ocorrem em campos abertos. Existe uma predominância de espécies com padrões de brilho contínuo na região do verde no interior da mata quando comparadas a espécies de vagalumes de campo aberto.

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                Journal
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                Biota Neotropica
                Biota Neotrop.
                Instituto Virtual da Biodiversidade | BIOTA - FAPESP (Campinas, , Brazil )
                1676-0611
                September 2012
                : 12
                : 3
                : 21-34
                Affiliations
                [01] Sorocaba SP orgnameUniversidade Federal de São Carlos orgdiv1Programa de Pós-graduação em Biotecnologia e Monitoramento Ambiental orgdiv2Laboratório de Bioquímica e Biotecnologia de Sistemas Bioluminescentes Brazil
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                S1676-06032012000300001 S1676-0603(12)01200301
                10.1590/S1676-06032012000300001
                d856e7e5-7361-480d-bcc7-330a6fd3784d

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 02 July 2012
                : 16 September 2011
                : 26 April 2012
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                Phengodidae,Lampyridae,Staphylinidae,bioluminescência,vagalumes,bioindicadores,Elateridae,bioluminescence,fireflies,bioindicators

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