Global InformationNipponoluciola cruciata information
| Genji firefly | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Nipponoluciola |
| Species: | N. cruciata
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| Nipponoluciola cruciata Motschulsky, 1854
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Nipponoluciola cruciata, known as "genji-botaru" (ゲンジボタル) in Japanese, is a species of firefly found in Japan. Its habitat is small ditches and streams, and its larvae are aquatic. It was formerly known as Luciola cruciata but was revised taxonomically in 2022.[1]
- ^ Ballantyne, Lesley; Kawashima, Itsuro; Jusoh, Wan F.A.; Suzuki, Hirobumi (2022-12-30). "A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str". European Journal of Taxonomy (855). Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023. ISSN 2118-9773.