Pyractomena

Genus of beetles

Pyractomena
Pyractomena angulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

  • Pyractomena angulata (Say, 1825)
  • Pyractomena angustata LeConte, 1851
  • Pyractomena barberi Green, 1957
  • Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)
  • Pyractomena discoidea Gorham, 1884
  • Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957
  • 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
  • Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845
  • Pyractomena marginalis Green, 1957
  • Pyractomena palustris Green, 1957
  • 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

  1. ^ "Genus Pyractomena Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  2. ^ "Pyractomena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  3. ^ "Pyractomena Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
  4. ^ "Browse Pyractomena". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.

Further reading

  • 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}}: |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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