Photinus stellaris

Photinus stellaris is a species in the family Lampyridae ("fireflies"), in the suborder Polyphaga ("water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf and snout beetles").[1][2][3] It is found in North America.[2]

Photinus stellaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Elateroidea
Family:
Lampyridae
Subfamily:
Lampyrinae
Tribe:
Lucidotini
Genus:
Photinus
Species:
P. stellaris
Binomial name
Photinus stellaris
Fall, 1927

References
  1. "Photinus stellaris Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  2. "Photinus stellaris Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  3. "Photinus stellaris Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-20.

Further reading
  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed. (1966). "Lampyridae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9, 149.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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