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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Tribe: | Lampyrini |
| Genus: | Microphotus LeConte, 1866 |
Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. Microphotus are usually found in the southwestern region of the United States of America and adjoining parts of Mexico. There are seven described species in Microphotus in the United States and three more in Mexico.
Species
- Microphotus angustus LeConte, 1874
- Microphotus chiricahuae Green, 1959
- Microphotus curvophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Vega-Badillo & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2021
- Microphotus decarthrus Fall, 1912
- Microphotus dilatatus LeConte, 1866
- Microphotus fragilis E. Olivier, 1912
- Microphotus morronei Zaragoza-Caballero, López-Pérez & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2021
- Microphotus octarthrus Fall, 1912 (desert firefly)
- Microphotus pecosensis Fall, 1912
- Microphotus robustophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Domínguez-León & González-Ramírez, 2021
References
- Green, John Wagener (1959). "Revision of the Species of Microphotus, with an emendation of the Lampyrini (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 13 (3): 80–96. ISSN 0010-065X. JSTOR 3998947.
- "Microphotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- "Microphotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- "Microphotus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Domínguez-León, D.E., González-Ramírez, M., López-Pérez, S., Rodríguez-Mirón, G.M., Vega-Badillo, V. & Cifuentes-Ruiz, P. 2021. New fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from México. Dugesiana 28(2): 221-231.
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.
- Arnett, Ross H. (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin.
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