Lamprocerini
| Lamprocerini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Lampyrinae |
| Tribe: | Lamprocerini |
The Lamprocerini are a tribe of fireflies in the large subfamily Lampyrinae, though at least some Lamprocerini species are not bioluminescent. They are generally neotropical, found in North America only as vagrants.[1]
Genera placed here are:
- Lamprocera
- Tenaspis
Footnotes
- ↑ Stanger-Hall et al. (2007)
References
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Wikispecies has information related to: Lamprocerini |
- Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013 PMID 17644427 PDF fulltext
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