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Microphotus
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Microphotus

Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are about eight described species in Microphotus.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

California Pink Glowworm

speciesMicrophotus angustus

Dilated glow-worm

speciesMicrophotus dilatatus

Desert firefly

speciesMicrophotus octarthrus

Pecos desert firefly

speciesMicrophotus pecosensis

Fragile glow-worm

speciesMicrophotus fragilis

Chiricahua glow-worm

speciesMicrophotus chiricahuae

Microphotus decarthrus

speciesMicrophotus decarthrus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 209428.