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Tribe Pleotomini

Representative Images

Pleotomus pallens LeConte - Pleotomus pallens - male Pleotomus sp. Larvae - Pleotomus Pleotomus sp. Larvae - Pleotomus Pleotomus Pleotomus Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Beetle A ventral 5.30.17 - Pleotomus nigripennis Pleotomus nigripennis? - Pleotomus nigripennis

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.