Pleotomus pallens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Pleotomus
Species:
P. pallens
Binomial name
Pleotomus pallens
LeConte, 1866

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

  1. ↑ "Pleotomus pallens Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Pleotomus pallens". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ 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.


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