Drilaster axillaris is a species of firefly in the subfamily Ototretinae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Ototretinae |
| Genus: | Drilaster |
| Species: | D. axillaris
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| Binomial name | |
| Drilaster axillaris Kiesenwetter, 1879
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Description
editThe luciferase of Drilaster axillaras has been cloned and recombinantly expressed, and has an luminescent emission maximum of 545 nm.[2]
Range
editDrilaster axillaris is found in Japan.
References
edit- ^ Martin, Gavin J; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F; Branham, Marc A; Da Silveira, Luiz F L; Lower, Sarah E; Hall, David W; Li, Xue-Yan; Lemmon, Alan R; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bybee, Seth M (2019-11-01). Jordal, Bjarte (ed.). "Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 3 (6). Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/isd/ixz024. ISSN 2399-3421.
- ^ Oba, Yuichi; Yoshida, Mayumi; Shintani, Takeru; Furuhashi, Mana; Inouye, Satoshi (2012). "Firefly luciferase genes from the subfamilies Psilocladinae and Ototretinae (Lampyridae, Coleoptera)". Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 161 (2). Elsevier BV: 110–116. doi:10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.10.001. ISSN 1096-4959. PMID 22008901.