Microphotus
{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Microphotus
|authority = 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.{{Cite journal|last=Green|first=John Wagener|date=1959|title=Revision of the Species of Microphotus, with an emendation of the Lampyrini (Lampyridae)|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3998947|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=13|issue=3|pages=80–96|jstor=3998947|issn=0010-065X}} There are seven described species in Microphotus in the United States{{cite web|title=Microphotus Genus Information|url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/19517|website=BugGuide.net|accessdate=2018-02-12}}{{cite web|title=Microphotus Report|url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=722414|website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System|accessdate=2018-02-12}}{{cite web|title=Microphotus Overview|url=http://eol.org/pages/110559/overview|website=Encyclopedia of Life|accessdate=2018-02-12}} and three more in Mexico.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.
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
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Further reading
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- {{cite book
|editor-last1 = Arnett |editor-first1 = R.H. Jr.
|editor-last2 = Thomas |editor-first2 = M. C.
|editor-last3 = Skelley |editor-first3 = P. E.
|editor-last4 = Frank |editor-first4 = J. H.
|date = 2002
|title = American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
|publisher = CRC Press
}}
- {{cite book
| last1 = Arnett | first1 = Ross H.
| date = 30 July 2000
| title = American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
| publisher = CRC Press
| isbn = 978-0-8493-0212-1
}}
- {{cite book
|last1 = White |first1 = Richard E.
|date = 1983
|title = Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
|publisher = Houghton Mifflin
}}
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Category:Bioluminescent insects
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