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Pyractomena Melsheimer, 1846

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Melsheimer, F.E. (1846). Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2(12): 302-318.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Lampyridae
genus
Pyractomena

Name

Synonyms
Lecontea Olivier, 1899
Pyractomena Dejean, 1833
Pyractomena Erichson, 1847
Pyractomena LeConte, 1846
Pyratomena Melsheimer, 1846
Pyrectomena Motschoulsky, 1853
Homonyms
Pyractomena Melsheimer, 1846
Pyractomena Erichson, 1847
Pyractomena Dejean, 1833
Pyractomena LeConte, 1846

Bibliographic References

  1. Green JW (1957) Revision of the Nearctic species of Pyractomena (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Wasmann Journal of Biology 15: 237-284.
  2. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  3. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  4. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  5. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  6. Hallan, J. (2000-2017). Biology Catalog (2012 version), http://bug.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/ (as at 2012).
  7. Kazantsev, Sergey V., and Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert, 2009: Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Russian Entomological Journal, vol. 17, no. 4. 353-388.
  8. Keller, O. & Branham, M. A. (2018). Miscellaneous notes on the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott's 1966 catalogue of Lampyridae. <em>Insecta Mundi.</em> 656: 1-10.
  9. Keller, O.; Branham, M. A. (2021). A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4970(1): 53-105. 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2
  10. Keller, Oliver, and Marc A. Branham, 2018: Miscellaneous notes on the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott's 1966 Catalogue of Lampyridae I. Insecta Mundi, vol. 0656. 1-6.
  11. Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., 2002: Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 187-196.
  12. Martin, Gavin J., Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira et al., 2019: Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). Insect Systematics and Diversity, vol. 3, issue 6. 1-15.
  13. McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed., 1966: Lampyridae. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9. 149.
  14. Melsheimer, F.E. (1846). Descriptions of new species of Coleoptera of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 2(12): 302-318.
  15. Pérez-Hernández, Cisteil X., Santiago Zaragoza-Caballero, and Alberto Romo-Galicia, 2022: Updated checklist of the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Mexico. Zootaxa, vol. 5092, no. 3. 291-317.
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