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

Species Photinus macdermotti

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · See Also · Print References · Works Cited
what species？ - Photinus macdermotti
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 Lucidotini
Genus Photinus
Species macdermotti (Photinus macdermotti)
Other Common Names
Father Mac’s firefly (1)
Explanation of Names
Photinus macdermotti Lloyd 1966
Range
e US (2)
See Also
sibling of P. consanguineus. (3)
Print References
Lloyd, J.E. 1966. Studies on the flash communication system in Photinus fireflies. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 130: 1-95. (3)
Works Cited
1.Allegheny National Forest June 2012 Firefly Survey Forest and Warren Counties, PA.
Faust et al. 2012. U.S. Forest Service, USDA. 34 pp.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Studies on the flash communication system in Photinus fireflies.
Lloyd, J.E. 1966. Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 130: 1-95.
Contributed by v belov on 1 June, 2012 - 10:20pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 June, 2014 - 12:25pm

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