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Subfamily Photurinae

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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 Photurinae
Explanation of Names
Photurinae Lacordaire 1857
Numbers
>50 spp. (all but one in Photuris) in 2 genera in our area(1)
Range
in our area, Photuris widespread in the east (to CO-TX), Bicellonychaconfined to AZ(1)
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.
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 14 October, 2011 - 12:25pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 4 June, 2021 - 10:19pm

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