Pyractomena

Pyractomena
Pyractomena angulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Tribe:	Cratomorphini
Genus:	Pyractomena LeConte, 1845

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

1. "Genus Pyractomena Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
2. "Pyractomena Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
3. "Pyractomena Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-03-01.
4. "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}}: ; |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.