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

Tribe Pleotomini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Saw this while hiking late at night - Pleotomus nigripennis Pleotomus pallens LeConte - Pleotomus pallens - male Glowbug - Pleotomus pallens - female Glowbug - Pleotomus pallens - female Pleotomus sp. Larvae - Pleotomus Pleotomus sp. Larvae - Pleotomus Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Pale firefly - Pleotomus pallens
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
Explanation of Names
Pleotomini Summers 1874
Numbers
2 genera in our area, 6 total(1)
Works Cited
1.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 v belov on 23 February, 2011 - 12:38am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 16 July, 2024 - 12:56pm

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