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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Pyropyga » Pyropyga minuta

Species Pyropyga minuta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Lampyridae (Fireflies)
Subfamily Lampyrinae
Tribe Lucidotini
Genus Pyropyga
Species minuta (Pyropyga minuta)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyropyga minuta (LeConte)
Orig. Comb Ellychnia minuta LeConte 1852
Size
3-5.5 mm(1)
Identification
pronotum pale with median vitta subparallel-sided, usually somewhat expanded near base. (1)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2016
Range
se. US to AZ (NC-FL to CO-AZ) to Honduras - Map (1)(2)(3)
one of the most common fireflies in e. OK (2), also easily found in ec. AL (4)
Habitat
often common in wet roadside ditches (4)
Remarks
Genitalic variability is extreme, indicating a possible species complex, although nothing definite could be established from the abundant material available. (1)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Revision of the species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)
Green J.W. 1961. Col. Bull. 15: 65-74.
2.List of Coleoptera Collected in Latimer County, Oklahoma by Karl Stephan (2002)
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
4.Checklist and keys to fireflies of east-central Alabama.
Lloyd, J.E. 1990. Stridulator 4(3): 9-21.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 24 April, 2010 - 8:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 May, 2022 - 9:37am

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