Microphotus octarthrus
{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Microphotus
| species = octarthrus
| authority = Fall, 1912
}}
Microphotus octarthrus, the desert firefly, is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Microphotus octarthrus Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=722546
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-25
}}
{{Cite web| title=Microphotus octarthrus
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1162843
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-25
}}
{{Cite web| title=Microphotus octarthrus species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/1219646
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-25
}}
}}
Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| title = Revision of the species of Microphotus, with an emendation of the Lampyrini (Lampyridae)
| date = 1959
| last1 = Green | first1 = J. W.
| journal = The Coleopterists Bulletin
| volume = 13| issue = 3| pages = 80–96
| jstor=3998947
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea
| date = 2007
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-8788757675
}}
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Category:Bioluminescent insects
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Category:Beetles described in 1912
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