Cheguevaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Cheguevariinae |
| Genus: | Cheguevaria Kazantsev, 2006 |
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Cheguevaria is a genus of fireflies (family Lampyridae), and the sole member of the subfamily Cheguevariinae.[1]
Distribution[]
Cheguevaria are found in the Caribbean.
Systematics and nomenclature[]
The genus Cheguevaria is of uncertain relationships, though possibly related to , and has been given placement as the sole member of its own subfamily, after previously being considered as incertae sedis within the Lampyridae.[2] The genus name is in homage to Marxist revolutionary leader Che Guevara.[1]
Species[]
- Kazantsev, 2006 from the Dominican Republic
- Kazantsev, 2006 from Puerto Rico
- Kazantsev, 2008 from Puerto Rico
References[]
- ^ a b Kazantsev, Sergey V. (2006). "New firefly taxa from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with notes on biogeography". Russian Entomol. J. 15 (4): 367–392.
- ^ Ferreira, Vinicius S; Keller, Oliver; Branham, Marc A; Ivie, Michael A (2019). "Molecular data support the placement of the enigmatic Cheguevaria as a subfamily of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Oxford University Press (OUP). 187 (4): 1253–1258. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz073. ISSN 0024-4082.
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