Microphotus

Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. Microphotus is usually found in the southwestern region of the United States of America and adjoining parts of Mexico.[1] There are about eight described species in Microphotus.[2][3][4]

Microphotus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Tribe: Lampyrini
Genus: Microphotus
LeConte, 1866

Species

References

  1. Green, John Wagener (1959). "Revision of the Species of Microphotus, with an Emendation of the Lampyrini (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 13 (3): 80–96. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 3998947.
  2. "Microphotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. "Microphotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  4. "Microphotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.


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