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Luminous Communicative Behaviour of the Luciola Mingrelica Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

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Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods

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Luminous communicative behaviour of the Luciola mingrelica fireflies is described. The pattern of spontaneous and induced luminous signals and flash dialogues were quantitatively studied. Some aspects of neuronal mechanisms underlying the luminous communicative behaviour were investigated.

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  1. B.P. Konstantinov Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences, 188350, Gatchina, Leningrad District, USSR

    Sergej B. Landa, Vadim Yu. Bolshakov, Evgenij A. Drobchenko & Semyon I. Peimer

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  3. Evgenij A. Drobchenko
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  1. Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Prospect M. Thoreza 44, 194223, Leningrad, USSR

    F. G. Gribakin  & A. V. Popov  & 

  2. Zoologisches Institut, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz 3, 2000, Hamburg 13, Germany

    K. Wiese

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Landa, S.B., Bolshakov, V.Y., Drobchenko, E.A., Peimer, S.I. (1990). Luminous Communicative Behaviour of the Luciola Mingrelica Fireflies (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). In: Gribakin, F.G., Wiese, K., Popov, A.V. (eds) Sensory Systems and Communication in Arthropods. Advances in Life Sciences. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-6410-7_17

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