Pyropyga

Pyropyga
Pyropyga minuta
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Tribe:	Photinini
Genus:	Pyropyga Motschulsky, 1852

Pyropyga is a genus of primarily North American fireflies in the beetle family Lampyridae. There are about 13 described species in Pyropyga.[1][2][3] It is among the genera of Lampyridae where both sexes of adults have no bioluminescent organs.[4]

Species

• Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961
• Pyropyga australis Green, 1961
• Pyropyga chemsaki Zaragoza-Caballero, 1993
• Pyropyga cordobana Green, 1961
• Pyropyga decipiens (Harris, 1836)
• Pyropyga extensa Green, 1961
• Pyropyga incognita E. Olivier, 1912
• Pyropyga minuta (LeConte, 1852)
• Pyropyga modesta Green, 1961
• Pyropyga nigricans (Say, 1823)
• Pyropyga saltensis Green, 1961

Nomina dubia

• Pyropyga exstincta (Gorham, 1880)
• Pyropyga tarda Motschulsky, 1854

References

1. "Pyropyga Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
2. "Pyropyga". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
3. "Pyropyga genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
4. Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 15 (3): 65–74. JSTOR 3998941.

Further reading

• Lloyd, J. E. (2003). "On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new". The Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0099:ORAEEV]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3496275.

External links

• Media related to Pyropyga at Wikimedia Commons