Pyropyga alticola is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found natively in Central America.[1][2]
| Pyropyga alticola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Pyropyga |
| Species: | P. alticola
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961
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Notably, it or a close relative is believed to be the Pyropyga species which was accidentally introduced and became established as an invasive species in the Kantō Plain of Japan.[3]
References
edit- ^ Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the Species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 15 (3): 65–74. JSTOR 3998941.
- ^ Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago; López-Pérez, Sara; Vega-Badillo, Viridiana; Domínguez-León, Daniel E.; Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M.; González-Ramírez, Mireya; Gutiérrez-Carranza, Ishwari G.; Cifuentes-Ruiz, Paulina; Zurita-García, Martín L. (2020-02-13). "Luciérnagas del centro de México (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): descripción de 37 especies nuevas". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 91. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3104. ISSN 2007-8706.
- ^ Kawashima, Itsuro (2018). "External characters of the naturalized species, Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae: Photinini) settled in the Kantô Plain, central Honshu, Japan". Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 24 (1): 67–72.
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