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Rover Fireflies
Photinus
The rover fireflies (Photinus) are a genus of fireflies (family Lampyridae). They are the type genus of tribe Photinini in subfamily Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly (P. pyralis), the most common species of firefly in North America.
Male Photinus beetles of some species emit a flashing light pattern to signal for females. Illegitimate receivers, such as female Photuris beetles, identify these signals and use them to locate the male Photinus, attract them with deceptive signals, and eat them. An important study on the diversity of species in the USA and their visual communication was by Lloyd (1966)
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Eastern Firefly
speciesPhotinus pyralis
Winter Firefly
speciesPhotinus corruscus
California Glowworm
speciesPhotinus californicus
Photinus Marginellus complex
complexPhotinus marginellus
Photinus consanguineus
complexPhotinus consanguineus
Photinus signaticollis
speciesPhotinus signaticollis
Greater firefly
speciesPhotinus megistus
Smokies Synchronous Firefly
speciesPhotinus carolinus
Pacific Northwest firefly
speciesPhotinus hatchi
Cook's Firefly
speciesPhotinus cookii
Photinus extensus
speciesPhotinus extensus
Short-flash Firefly
speciesPhotinus concisus
Pale Firefly
speciesPhotinus scintillans
Fall Southwest Firefly
speciesPhotinus knulli
Murky Flash-train
speciesPhotinus obscurellus
Texas Two-step Flasher
speciesPhotinus dimissus
Twilight Bush Baby Firefly
speciesPhotinus australis
Cattail Flash-train Firefly
speciesPhotinus consimilis
Photinus aurora
speciesPhotinus aurora
Photinus albolimbatus
speciesPhotinus albolimbatus
Photinus littoralis
speciesPhotinus littoralis
Starry firefly
speciesPhotinus stellaris
Creekside Tree Blinkers
speciesPhotinus sabulosus
Little torch firefly
speciesPhotinus faculus
Sidewinder Firefly
speciesPhotinus brimleyi
Green's Firefly
speciesPhotinus greeni
Photinus palaciosi
speciesPhotinus palaciosi
Punctate firefly
speciesPhotinus punctulatus
Northern Ablaze Flash-train
speciesPhotinus ardens
Photinus granulatus
speciesPhotinus granulatus
Yellow-necked firefly
speciesPhotinus flavicollis
Florida Fishhook
speciesPhotinus collustrans
Photinus productus
speciesPhotinus productus
Photinus tenuicinctus
speciesPhotinus tenuicinctus
Photinus angieae
speciesPhotinus angieae
Alexander's firefly
speciesPhotinus alexanderi
Photinus guillermodeltoroi
speciesPhotinus guillermodeltoroi
Photinus congruus
speciesPhotinus congruus
Photinus anisodrilus
speciesPhotinus anisodrilus
Photinus discoideus
speciesPhotinus discoideus
Florida Sprite
speciesPhotinus floridanus
Photinus chantzinae
speciesPhotinus chantzinae
Photinus barrerae
speciesPhotinus barrerae
Photinus leobonillai
speciesPhotinus leobonillai
Photinus dugesi
speciesPhotinus dugesi
Photinus chapingoensis
speciesPhotinus chapingoensis
Photinus tenuilineatus
speciesPhotinus tenuilineatus
Photinus umbratus
speciesPhotinus umbratus
Photinus ovatus
speciesPhotinus ovatus
Texas Tiny
speciesPhotinus texanus
Dark-sutured Photinus
speciesPhotinus tanytoxus
Twice-wounded firefly
speciesPhotinus bivulnerus
Photinus salvini
speciesPhotinus salvini
Photinus nigridorsis
speciesPhotinus nigridorsis
Photinus alexi
speciesPhotinus alexi
Sprinkled firefly
speciesPhotinus irroratus
Photinus vanderberghi
speciesPhotinus vanderberghi
Photinus interdius
speciesPhotinus interdius
Tricky firefly
speciesPhotinus captiosus
Photinus julietabrambilae
speciesPhotinus julietabrambilae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 47730.