Alecton
Alecton | |
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A larva of Alecton discoidalis preying on a pulmonate land snail in the genus Oleacina | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lampyridae |
Tribe: | Lamprocerini |
Genus: | Tenaspis Laporte, 1833 |
Alecton is a genus of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. The species A. discoidalis is the best known of the four species in the genus. Alecton is believed to be endemic to Cuba.[1]
References[]
- ^ Rios, Ormaily Madruga; Quinta, Maike Hernández (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche. 2010: 1–5. doi:10.1155/2010/149879.
Categories:
- Bioluminescent insects
- Lampyridae
- Lampyridae genera
- Endemic fauna of Cuba
- Elateroidea stubs