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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Pterotus

Genus Pterotus

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Pterotus obscuripennis LeConte - Pterotus obscuripennis - male Pterotus - Pterotus obscuripennis Pterotus - Pterotus obscuripennis Pterotus - Pterotus obscuripennis ID? - Pterotus obscuripennis - - Pterotus obscuripennis Lampyrid larva - Pterotus obscuripennis Douglas Fir Glow-Worm - Pterotus obscuripennis - female
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)
Genus Pterotus
Other Common Names
Feathered Firefly
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
family placement uncertain(1)(2)
Explanation of Names
Pterotus LeConte 1859
Pterotus (G). 'a feather' (3), an obvious reference to the feather-like ant.
Numbers
2 spp., both in our area(1)
Range
s.OR‒n.CA(1)
Remarks
the only member of the subfam. Pterotinae LeConte 1861(4)
Works Cited
1.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.
2.On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new.
Lloyd, J.E. 2003. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 99–113.
3.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
4.Higher-level phylogeny and reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)
Martin GJ, Stanger-Hall KF, Branham MA, Da Silveira LFL, Lower SE, Hall DW, Li X, Lemmon AR, Lemmon EM, Bybee SM. 2019. Insect Systematics & Diversity 3(6), 11: 1‒15.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 9 January, 2006 - 12:00pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 10 August, 2024 - 5:04pm

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