Pleotomus

Pleotomus
Pleotomus sp.
Pleotomus nigripennis (larva)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Tribe:	Pleotomini
Genus:	Pleotomus LeConte, 1861

Pleotomus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are about five described species in Pleotomus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These five species belong to the genus Pleotomus: ^{[2] [3] [4]}

• Pleotomus cerinus Zaragoza, 2002
• Pleotomus davisii LeConte, 1881
• Pleotomus emmiltos Zaragoza, 2002
• Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte, 1885
• Pleotomus pallens LeConte, 1866

References

1. "Pleotomus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
2. "Pleotomus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
3. "Pleotomus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.
4. "Browse Pleotomus". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-06.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• 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}}: ; |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)
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.