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Photinus nothus Barber 1941

  • 1. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
  • 2. University of Florida, Entomology and Nematology Department, 1881 Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA. & marcbran @ ufl. edu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 2187 - 4503

Description

Photinus nothus Barber

Photinus nothus Barber 1941: 7

DISTRIBUTION: JAMAICA: Portland, St. Andrew (Barber 1941; Buck 1942; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott & Buck 1959; Seliger et al. 1964a, 1964b; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974)

TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica, Cinchona to Morces Gap

TYPE DEPOSITORY: NMNH

Notes

Published as part of Keller, Oliver & Branham, Marc A., 2021, A catalog of the Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of the West Indies, pp. 53-105 in Zootaxa 4970 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4970.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4756339

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
NMNH
Family
Lampyridae
Genus
Photinus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Barber
Species
nothus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Photinus nothus Barber, 1941 sec. Keller & Branham, 2021

References

  • Barber, H. S. (1941) Species of fireflies in Jamaica (Coleoptera, Lampyridae). Proceedings of the Rochester Academy of Science, 8 (1), 1 - 13.
  • Buck, J. B. (1942) Problems in the distribution and light organ structure of Jamaican lampyrid fireflies. Year Book of the American Philosophical Society, 1942, 124 - 129.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. (1945) Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 3. Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin, 185, 343 - 550. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.185.3
  • McDermott, F. A. & Buck, J. B. (1959) The lampyrid fireflies of Jamaica. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 85 (1), 1 - 112.
  • Seliger, H. H., Buck, J. B., Fastie, W. G. & McElroy, W. D. (1964 a) Flash patterns in Jamaican fireflies. Biological Bulletin, 127 (1), 159 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1539352
  • Seliger, H. H., Buck, J. B., Fastie, W. G. & McElroy, W. D. (1964 b) The spectral distribution of firefly light. The Journal of General Physiology, 48, 95 - 104. https: // doi. org / 10.1085 / jgp. 48.1.95
  • McDermott, F. A. (1966) Lampyridae. 1 - 149. In: Steel, W. O. (Ed.), Coleopterorum catalogus supplementa, pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk, Gravenhage, pp. 1 - 72.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. & Arnett, R. H. Jr. (1974) The buprestid beetles, click beetles, fireflies and related groups. In: Blackwelder, R. E. & Arnett, R. H. Jr. (Comp.), Checklist of the beetles of Canada, United States, Mexico, Central America and West Indies (Red Version). Volume 1 Part 1. North American Beetle Fauna Project. The Biological Research Institute of America, Inc. Latham, New York, New York, R 56.1 - R 56.15.