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Lucidotini Lacordaire 1857—a senior synonym of Photinini LeConte, 1881 (see Bouchard et al., 2011) overlooked in some recent works—is one of the largest firefly lineages, with over 820 species and 33 genera (Gisseth-Ladino, Botero & Silveira, 2022; Roza, Mermudes & Silveira, 2022; see also The Lampyridae of the World Database (Keller, 2024)), i.e., nearly a third of Lampyridae at large.
Phylogenetic trees enable us to illustrate and organize our knowledge of biodiversity and to summarize the evolutionary history of each species (Baum 2008). These histories are based on manifested traits of many categories, such as morphological, anatomical, behavioural, or ecological.
Additional Information and Declarations Competing Interests The authors declare there are no competing interests. Author Contributions King-Siang Goh conceived and designed the experiments, performed the experiments, analyzed the data, prepared figures and/or tables, authored or reviewed drafts of the article, and approved the final draft.
1. Introduction Flying is one of the big biomechanical challenges that a winged insect has to deal with, owing to the aerodynamic environment it has to face [1]. The direct flight mechanism present in Odonata (dragon- and damselflies) provides the main power for the flight [2]—in contrast to an indirect flight mechanism in most other insects [3].
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