Pleotomus pallens
Appearance
Pleotomus pallens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lampyridae |
Genus: | Pleotomus |
Species: | P. pallens
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Binomial name | |
Pleotomus pallens LeConte, 1866
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Pleotomus pallens is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3] The female firefly of this species emits a brighter form of light than the male and this light decreases after she lays eggs; after she has performed this duty, she dies.[4]
References
- ^ "Pleotomus pallens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Pleotomus pallens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Pleotomus pallens species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ King, Helen Selina (1880). "Life History of Pleotomus Pallens LEC". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 3 (72): 54.
Further reading
- Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago (1992). "Variabilidad y registros nuevos para México de Pleotomus pallens (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Pleotomini)". Anales del Instituto de Biología, Serie Zoología. 63: 221–235. ISSN 0076-7174.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.