''Pyropyga'' is a genus of primarily North American fireflies in the
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
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 ...
. There are about 13 described species in ''Pyropyga''. It is among the genera of Lampyridae where both sexes of adults have no
bioluminescent
Bioluminescence is the emission of light during a chemiluminescence reaction by living organisms. Bioluminescence occurs in multifarious organisms ranging from marine vertebrates and invertebrates, as well as in some fungi, microorganisms inc ...
organs.
Species
* ''
Pyropyga alticola''
Green, 1961
* ''
Pyropyga australis''
Green, 1961
* ''
Pyropyga chemsaki''
Zaragoza-Caballero, 1993
* ''
Pyropyga cordobana''
Green, 1961
* ''
Pyropyga decipiens''
(Harris, 1836)
* ''
Pyropyga extensa''
Green, 1961
* ''
Pyropyga incognita''
E. Olivier, 1912
* ''
Pyropyga minuta''
(LeConte, 1852)
* ''
Pyropyga modesta''
Green, 1961
* ''
Pyropyga nigricans''
(Say, 1823)
* ''
Pyropyga saltensis''
Green, 1961
Nomina dubia
* ''
Pyropyga exstincta''
(Gorham, 1880)
* ''
Pyropyga tarda''
Motschulsky, 1854
References
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Lampyridae
Lampyridae genera
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