Biology:Pyropyga

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Short description: Genus of beetles

Pyropyga
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Pyropyga minuta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Tribe: Photinini
Genus: Pyropyga
Motschulsky, 1852

Pyropyga is a genus of primarily North American fireflies in the beetle family Lampyridae. There are about 13 described species in Pyropyga.[1][2][3] It is among the genera of Lampyridae where both sexes of adults have no bioluminescent organs.[4]

Species

Nomina dubia

  • Pyropyga exstincta (Gorham, 1880)
  • Pyropyga tarda Motschulsky, 1854

References

  1. "Pyropyga Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=722427. Retrieved 2019-09-22. 
  2. "Pyropyga". https://www.gbif.org/species/1162798. Retrieved 2019-09-22. 
  3. "Pyropyga genus Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/21218. Retrieved 2019-09-22. 
  4. Green, John Wagener (1961). "Revision of the species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 15 (3): 65–74. 

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q14928025 entry