O. fultoni larvae at Anna Ruby Falls/Judy Toppins, USDA Forest Service
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Diptera
Family:
Keroplatidae
Genus:
Orfelia
Species:
O. fultoni
Binomial name
Orfelia fultoni
(Fisher, 1940)
Orfelia fultoni or “dismalites” is a carnivorous species of fly larvae. It is the only bioluminescent species of dipteran fly found in North America. They produce the bluest light of any studied bioluminescent insect.
Orfeliafultoni or “dismalites” is a carnivorous species of fly larvae. It is the only bioluminescent species of dipteran fly found in North America....
lure prey into their webs. Genus Orfelia – sometimes known as "dismalites". Contains a single species, Orfeliafultoni, found only in North America. Like...
lure prey into their webs. Genus Orfelia – sometimes known as "dismalites". Contains a single species, Orfeliafultoni, found only in North America. Like...
Canyon is one of only a few places where insects called dismalites (Orfeliafultoni, a distant relative of Arachnocampa) can be found. The larval forms...
captured and devoured. The colors of emitted light vary from dull blue (Orfeliafultoni, Mycetophilidae) to the familiar greens and the rare reds (Phrixothrix...
Cradle Mountain. Arachnocampa tropica Baker, 2010 - north Queensland Orfeliafultoni - a North American relative that has similar habits. Morris, Lulu....
sandstone gorge is one of few places worldwide where the dismalites (Orfeliafultoni) gather. Their bioluminescent glow can be seen on night tours in this...
describing numerous insect species, including the Appalachian glowworm fly (Orfeliafultoni). In 1942, she joined the Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins Hospital...
for repair of DNA damage. Around a dozen Keroplatidae species and Orfeliafultoni are unique among flies in displaying bioluminescence. In some species...
Wilson, T. (2002). "Two bioluminescent Diptera: the North American Orfeliafultoni and the Australian Arachnocampa flava. Similar niche, different bioluminescence...
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