''Cheguevaria'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

of fireflies (family

Lampyridae The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...

), and the sole member of the subfamily Cheguevariinae.

Distribution

''Cheguevaria'' are found in the Caribbean.

Systematics and nomenclature

The genus ''Cheguevaria'' is of uncertain relationships, though possibly related to Amydetinae, and has been given placement as the sole member of its own subfamily, after previously being considered as ''incertae sedis'' within the Lampyridae. The genus name is in homage to Marxist revolutionary leader

Che Guevara Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quot ...

Species

* '' Cheguevaria angusta'' Kazantsev, 2006 from the Dominican Republic * '' Cheguevaria taino'' Kazantsev, 2006 from Puerto Rico * '' Cheguevaria montana'' Kazantsev, 2008 from Puerto Rico

References

Lampyridae Lampyridae genera {{firefly-stub