Species Photuris fairchildi

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Print References · Works Cited

yellow red/orange and black beetle - Photuris fairchildi

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 Photurinae

Genus Photuris

Species fairchildi (Photuris fairchildi)

Explanation of Names

Photuris fairchildi Barber 1951

Range

e NA (1)

Print References

Barber, H.S. 1951. North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58. (2)

McDermott, F.A. 1967. The North American fireflies of the genus Photuris DeJean a modification of Barber's key (Coleoptera; Lampyridae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin 21(4): 106–116. (3)

Works Cited

1.	On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new. Lloyd, J.E. 2003. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 99–113.

2.	North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Barber, H.S. and F.A. McDermott. 1951. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58.

3.	The North American fireflies of the genus Photuris DeJean a modification of Barber's key (Coleoptera; Lampyridae). McDermott, F.A. 1967. The Coleopterists' Bulletin 21(4): 106–116.

Contributed by v belov on 9 February, 2012 - 1:33am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 17 August, 2016 - 11:22pm

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