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There some cases of bioluminescence in Diptera, like in Orfelia fultoni or in Arachnocampa luminosa, or even in some species of Keroplatus.

I would like to know if someone of this forum, ever saw bioluminescence ( glow behaviour) in Diptera ( larvae, imagos, pupae,eggs).

I?m not sure if in Europe exists any bioluminescent specie, but I?m here to look for it.:)
Basically larvae use their light to atract prey, to avoid predation ( aposematic signal), and when females pupae are almost mature they start to respond with glowing signals ( during touch,vibrations) to atract males.

Here some links:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3931/is_200201/ai_n9050837



http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/fe81p282.html



Arachnocampa luminosa from New Zealand ( Waitomo caves) :)