Pyropyga alticola

Pyropyga alticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Genus:	Pyropyga
Species:	P. alticola
Binomial name
Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961

Pyropyga alticola is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found natively in Central America.[1][2]

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

1. Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the Species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 15 (3): 65–74. JSTOR 3998941.
2. 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.
3. 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.