Pyractomena is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are at least 20 described species in Pyractomena.[1][2][3][4]
Species
- Pyractomena angulata (Say, 1825)
- Pyractomena angustata LeConte, 1851
- Pyractomena barberi Green, 1957
- Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)
- Pyractomena discoidea Gorham, 1884
- Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957
- Pyractomena dorsalis Motschulsky, 1854
- Pyractomena ecostata (LeConte, 1878)
- Pyractomena floridana Green, 1957
- Pyractomena galeata E. Olivier, 1899
- Pyractomena gamma (Jacquelin Du Val in Sagra, 1857)
- Pyractomena gorhami McDermott, 1966
- Pyractomena heterodoxa (Leng and Mutchler, 1922)
- Pyractomena limbicollis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena linearis LeConte, 1852
- Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845
- Pyractomena marginalis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena palustris Green, 1957
- Pyractomena punctiventris LeConte, 1878
- Pyractomena similis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena sinuata Green, 1957
- Pyractomena striatella Gorham, 1880
- Pyractomena vexillaria Gorham, 1881
- Pyractomena vitticollis Motschulsky, 1853
- Pyractomena watsoni Leng and Mutchler, 1922
References
- ^ “Genus Pyractomena Information”. BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ “Pyractomena Report”. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ “Pyractomena Overview”. Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
- ^ “Browse Pyractomena“. Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
Further reading
- Arnett, Ross H. Jr. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. Vol. 2nd Edition. CRC Press. ISBN 0-8493-0212-9.
- Capinera, John L., ed. (2008). Encyclopedia of Entomology. Springer. ISBN 978-1402062421.
- Kazantsev, Sergey V.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2009). “Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)”. Russian Entomological Journal. 17 (4): 353–388. ISSN 0132-8069.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help);|journal=ignored (help) - Lloyd, J.E. (2003). “On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new”. Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0099:ORAEEV]2.0.CO;2.
- Lloyd, James E. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. CRC Press. pp. 187–196. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
{{cite book}}:|journal=ignored (help) - McDermott, F.A. (1966). Steel, W.O. (ed.). “Lampyridae”. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.