Lepidocampa Dipluran vs Costa Rican Firefly

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Lepidocampa Dipluran Costa Rican Firefly
Scientific Name Lepidocampa weberi Aspisoma ignitum
Order Diplura Coleoptera
Family Campodeidae Lampyridae
Size 4-7 mm 8-12 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Fungus Feeders Predators
Regions Southeast Asia Central America, Costa Rica
Conservation Least Concern Least Concern

Lepidocampa Dipluran

A tropical dipluran found in forest soils across Southeast Asia. It has distinctive scale-covered body segments.

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Did You Know?

Its body is covered in tiny scales, unusual among diplurans.

Costa Rican Firefly

A neotropical firefly with a dark body and reddish pronotum bearing a median dark stripe. It produces a bright yellow-green flash and is common in lowland tropical forests of Central America.

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Did You Know?

Central American firefly diversity is thought to rival that of Southeast Asia, though far fewer species have been formally described.