Pleotomus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are about five described species in Pleotomus.[1][2][3][4]
| Pleotomus | |
|---|---|
_(29964887062).jpg)
| |
| Pleotomus sp. | |
| |
| Pleotomus nigripennis (larva) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Tribe: | Pleotomini |
| Genus: | Pleotomus LeConte, 1861 |
Species
editThese five species belong to the genus Pleotomus:[2][3][4]
- Pleotomus cerinus Zaragoza, 2002
- Pleotomus davisii LeConte, 1881
- Pleotomus emmiltos Zaragoza, 2002
- Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte, 1885
- Pleotomus pallens LeConte, 1866
References
edit- ^ "Pleotomus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Pleotomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Pleotomus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
- ^ a b "Browse Pleotomus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
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. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- 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) - White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
 | This firefly article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |