Photinus macdermotti

Photinus macdermotti, or Father Mac's firefly, is a species of firefly in the family Lampyridae.[1][2] It is found in North America.[2]

Photinus macdermotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Elateroidea
Family:	Lampyridae
Subfamily:	Lampyrinae
Tribe:	Lucidotini
Genus:	Photinus
Species:	P. macdermotti
Binomial name
Photinus macdermotti Lloyd, 1966

References

1. "Photinus macdermotti Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
2. "Photinus macdermotti Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

• Lloyd, James E. (1966). "Two cryptic new firefly species in the genus Photinus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 20, no. 2, 43–46.
• Lloyd, James E. (1969). "Flashes, Behavior and Additional species of Nearctic Photinus Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin, vol. 23, no. 2, 29–41.

Further reading

• Arnett, R. H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
• Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
• Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.