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| Ellychnia | |
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| Ellychnia corrusca | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Lampyrinae |
| Tribe: | Photinini |
| Genus: | Ellychnia Blanchard, 1845 |
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Ellychnia is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species,[1] which are widespread in the United States.[2] Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum;[3] sexual dimorphism is unknown.[4] These beetles are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults;[5] instead, they attract mates using chemical signals.[6] The larvae of Ellychnia fireflies live in rotting logs.[4]
Species list
[edit]- Ellychnia affinis
- Ellychnia albilatera
- Ellychnia atra
- Ellychnia aurora
- Ellychnia autumnalis
- Ellychnia bivulneris
- Ellychnia californica
- Ellychnia cordovae
- Ellychnia corrusca
- Ellychnia facula
- Ellychnia flavicollis
- Ellychnia fumigata
- Ellychnia granulicollis
- Ellychnia greeni
- Ellychnia hatchi
- Ellychnia lacustris
- Ellychnia lunicollis
- Ellychnia mexicana
- Ellychnia moesta
- Ellychnia obscurevittata
- Ellychnia salvini
- Ellychnia sanguinicollis
- Ellychnia simplex
- Ellychnia variegata
References
[edit]- ^ "Ellychnia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ Arnett & Thomas, 2002, p. 193
- ^ Evans, Arthur V.; Hogue, James N. (2006). Field Guide to Beetles of California. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-520-24655-3.
- ^ a b Arnett & Thomas, 2002, p. 188
- ^ Eaton, Eric R.; Kaufman, Kenn (2007). Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-618-15310-7.
- ^ Stanger-Halla, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E.; Hillisa, David M. (October 2007). "Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45 (1): 33–49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013. PMID 17644427.
Cited texts
[edit]- Arnett, Ross H.; Thomas, Michael C., eds. (2002). American Beetles: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculioniodea. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0954-0.
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