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Pyropyga alticola

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Species of beetle

Pyropyga alticola
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Pyropyga
Species: P. alticola
Binomial name
Pyropyga alticola
Green, 1961

Pyropyga alticola is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found natively in Central America.

Notably, it or a close relative is believed to be the Pyropyga species which was accidentally introduced and became established as an invasive species in the Kantō Plain of Japan.

References

  1. Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the Species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 15 (3): 65–74. JSTOR 3998941.
  2. Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago; López-Pérez, Sara; Vega-Badillo, Viridiana; Domínguez-León, Daniel E.; Rodríguez-Mirón, Geovanni M.; González-Ramírez, Mireya; Gutiérrez-Carranza, Ishwari G.; Cifuentes-Ruiz, Paulina; Zurita-García, Martín L. (2020-02-13). "Luciérnagas del centro de México (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): descripción de 37 especies nuevas". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad. 91. Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. doi:10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3104. ISSN 2007-8706.
  3. Kawashima, Itsuro (2018). "External characters of the naturalized species, Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961 (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae: Photinini) settled in the Kantô Plain, central Honshu, Japan". Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology. 24 (1): 67–72.
Taxon identifiers
Pyropyga alticola


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