Ming-Luen Jeng, Yuichiro Suzuki, Chih-Yuan Chang, Tsan-Rong Chen (2021) Do holometabolous insects molt spontaneously after adulthood? An exceptional case report in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with discussion of its inferred endocrine regulation especially in relation to neoteny. Arthropod Structure & Development, 61: 101013
Lamprigera minorという雌がネオテニーのホタルについて、雌成虫が8～18日後にもう1回脱皮する”extra molt”が飼育5例中4例見られたとのこと。ちょっと驚き。今後の研究に期待。
