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Microphotus

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

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]


Species

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References

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  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.
  5. ^ 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

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  • 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.