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| Pyractomena | |
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| Pyractomena angulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Tribe: | Cratomorphini |
| Genus: | Pyractomena LeConte, 1845 |
Pyractomena is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are at least 20 described species in Pyractomena.[1][2][3][4]
Species
[edit]- Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825 – Say's firefly, candle firefly[5]
- Pyractomena angustata LeConte, 1851
- Pyractomena barberi Green, 1957
- Pyractomena borealis Randall, 1828 – spring treetop flasher)[5]
- Pyractomena discoidea Gorham, 1884
- Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957 – marsh flicker [5]
- Pyractomena dorsalis Motschulsky, 1854
- Pyractomena ecostata LeConte, 1878
- Pyractomena floridana Green, 1957
- Pyractomena galeata E. Olivier, 1899
- Pyractomena gamma Jacquelin Du Val in Sagra, 1857
- Pyractomena gorhami McDermott, 1966
- Pyractomena heterodoxa Leng and Mutchler, 1922
- Pyractomena limbicollis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena linearis LeConte, 1852 – marsh gray[5]
- Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845 – marsh imp[5]
- Pyractomena marginalis Green, 1957 – marginal firefly[5]
- Pyractomena palustris Green, 1957 – marsh diver[5]
- Pyractomena punctiventris LeConte, 1878
- Pyractomena similis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena sinuata Green, 1957
- Pyractomena striatella Gorham, 1880
- Pyractomena vexillaria Gorham, 1881
- Pyractomena vitticollis Motschulsky, 1853
- Pyractomena watsoni Leng and Mutchler, 1922
References
[edit]- ↑ "Genus Pyractomena Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ↑ "Pyractomena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ↑ "Pyractomena Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ↑ "Browse Pyractomena". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Faust, Lynn Frierson (2017). Fireflies, Glow-worms, and Lightning Bugs. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0-8203-4872-8.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Kazantsev, Sergey V.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2009). "Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 17 (4): 353–388. ISSN 0132-8069.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help);|journal=ignored (help) - Lloyd, J.E. (2003). "On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new". Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0099:ORAEEV]2.0.CO;2.
- Lloyd, James E. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. CRC Press. pp. 187–196. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - McDermott, F.A. (1966). Steel, W.O. (ed.). "Lampyridae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
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