Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. Microphotus are usually found in the southwestern region of the United States of America and adjoining parts of Mexico.[1] There are seven described species in Microphotus in the United States[2][3][4] and three more in Mexico.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Tribe: | Lampyrini |
| Genus: | Microphotus LeConte, 1866 |
Species edit
- Microphotus angustus LeConte, 1874
- Microphotus chiricahuae Green, 1959
- Microphotus curvophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Vega-Badillo & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2021
- Microphotus decarthrus Fall, 1912
- Microphotus dilatatus LeConte, 1866
- Microphotus fragilis E. Olivier, 1912
- Microphotus morronei Zaragoza-Caballero, López-Pérez & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2021
- Microphotus octarthrus Fall, 1912 (desert firefly)
- Microphotus pecosensis Fall, 1912
- Microphotus robustophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Domínguez-León & González-Ramírez, 2021
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Microphotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Microphotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ "Microphotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Domínguez-León, D.E., González-Ramírez, M., López-Pérez, S., Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M., Vega-Badillo, V. & Cifuentes-Ruiz, P. 2021. New fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from México. Dugesiana 28(2): 221-231.
Further reading edit
- 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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