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Species Photinus dimissus

Photinus dimissus LeConte - Photinus dimissus - male

Photinus dimissus LeConte - Photinus dimissus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Lampyridae (Fireflies)

Subfamily Lampyrinae

Tribe Lucidotini

Genus Photinus

Species dimissus (Photinus dimissus)

Explanation of Names

Photinus dimissus LeConte 1881

Range

s. TX to s. OK (1) (doesn't reach southmost TX)

Print References

LeConte, J.L. 1881. Synopsis of the Lampyridae of the United States. Transactions ofthe American Entomological Society, 9: 15-72.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Studies on the flash communication system in Photinus fireﬂies. Lloyd, J.E. 1966. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 130: 1-95.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 8 March, 2015 - 12:57pm
Last updated 8 June, 2018 - 6:37pm

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