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Genus Pleotomus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Glowbug - Pleotomus pallens - female Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Pale Firefly - Pleotomus pallens Pleotomus nigripennis? - Pleotomus nigripennis Pale firefly - Pleotomus pallens Utah Firefly - Pleotomus nigripennis 3040136 firefly - Pleotomus pallens Firefly - Pleotomus pallens - male
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 Pleotomini
Genus Pleotomus
Explanation of Names
Pleotomus LeConte 1861
Numbers
3 spp., all in our area. They were lumped by Zaragoza-Caballero (1992)(1), but declared legitimate by Lloyd (2002) in a footnote(2)
Identification
antenna pectinate
Range
e. US to s. CA / Mex. (2)(1)(3)
Works Cited
1.Variabilidad y registros nuevos para México de Pleotomus pallens (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Pleotomini)
Zaragoza-Caballero S. 1992. Anales del Instituto de Biología, UNAM (Serie Zoologí­a) 63: 221-235.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 28 January, 2009 - 3:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2024 - 3:50pm

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