Aquatica lateralis
| Aquatica lateralis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Aquatica |
| Species: | A. lateralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Aquatica lateralis (Motschulsky, 1860)
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| Synonyms | |
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Luciola lateralis Motschulsky, 1860 | |
Aquatica lateralis, known as "heike-botaru" (ヘイケボタル) in Japanese, is a species of firefly found in Russia, Japan and Korea. It was formerly placed in the genus Luciola. The larvae are aquatic and live in rice paddies.
The genome of Aquatica lateralis was sequenced in 2018.