Pyropyga

Pyropyga is a genus of fireflies in the beetle family Lampyridae. There are about 13 described species in Pyropyga.[1][2][3]

Pyropyga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Tribe: Lucidotini
Genus: Pyropyga
Motschulsky, 1852

Species

These 13 species belong to the genus Pyropyga:

  • Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga australis Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga chemsaki Zaragoza, 1993
  • Pyropyga cordobana Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga decipiens (Harris, 1836)
  • Pyropyga exstincta (Gorham, 1880)
  • Pyropyga extensa Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga incognita E. Olivier, 1912
  • Pyropyga minuta (LeConte, 1852)
  • Pyropyga modesta Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga nigricans (Say, 1823)
  • Pyropyga saltensis Green, 1961
  • Pyropyga tarda Motschulsky, 1854

References

  1. "Pyropyga Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-22.
  2. "Pyropyga". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-22.

Further reading

  • Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 15 (3): 65–74. JSTOR 3998941.
  • Lloyd, J. E. (2003). "On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new". The Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0099:ORAEEV]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 3496275.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
  • Media related to Pyropyga at Wikimedia Commons


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