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Checklist of Tribe Lucidotini Lacordaire, 1857
for Central America (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
710
16581
69850
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
706
16571
69836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
676
16352
68957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
409
13007
57703
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
117
5098
23665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
107
4774
21781
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
25
449
2365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
10
281
1448
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms
45
479
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyLampyrinae
Latreille, 1817
26
378
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeLucidotini
Lacordaire, 1857
9
304
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
9 Genera with 304 Species
Ankonophallus Zaragoza Cab..., 20145SpeciesTaxom
Aorphallus Zaragoza & G..., 20252SpeciesTaxom
Ellychnia Blanchard, 1880Diurnal Fireflies13SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 188431SpeciesTaxom
Microphotus LeConte, 20217SpeciesTaxom
Phausis Motschulsky/..., 17671SpeciesTaxom
Phosphaenus Laporte, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 2023Rover fireflies244SpeciesTaxom
Pyropygodes Zaragoza Cab..., 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
304 Species
Ankonophallus consueloae Zaragoza & G..., 2018
Ankonophallus faciater Zaragoza & N..., 2014
Ankonophallus parvus Zaragoza & N..., 2014
Ankonophallus pilosus Zaragoza & N..., 2014
Ankonophallus zuninoi Zaragoza & N..., 2014
Aorphallus cibriani Zaragoza & G..., 2018
Aorphallus noveloi Vega-Badillo..., 2025
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) affinis Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) albilatera Motschulsky, 1854
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) aurora Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) cordovae Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) guatemalae (Gorham, 1880)⇒ Photinus guatemalae Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) lunicollis Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) moesta Perty, 1830
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) salvini Gorham, 1881
Ellychnia (Ellychnia) variegata Germar, 1824
Ellychnia atra Gorham, 1881
Ellychnia fumigata Gorham, 1880
Ellychnia mexicana Motschulsky, 1854
Ellychnia sanguinicollis Gorham, 1880
Lucidota albocincta Pic, 1940
Lucidota amabilis Gorham, 1880
Lucidota apicalis Gorham, 1880
Lucidota apicicornis Gorham, 1880
Lucidota armata Gorham, 1884
Lucidota atra Olivier, 1790Black Firefly
Lucidota bella Gorham, 1880
Lucidota bicellonycha McDermott, 1958Plumed Guineafowl
Lucidota binotatens McDermott, 1966
Lucidota chiriquiana Gorham, 1884
Lucidota comitata Gorham, 1884
Lucidota complanata Gorham, 1884
Lucidota conradti Pic, 1940
Lucidota diaphanura Gorham, 1884
Lucidota difformis Gorham, 1884
Lucidota discolor Gorham, 1881
Lucidota fenestrata Gorham, 1884
Lucidota fulgurans Gorham, 1880
Lucidota fuscata Gorham, 1884
Lucidota heynei Pic, 1941
Lucidota incompta Gorham, 1884
Lucidota limbata Gorham, 1880
Lucidota osculatii Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Lucidota planicornis Fabricius, 1801
Lucidota purulana Gorham, 1884
Lucidota sinuaticollis Gorham, 1884
Lucidota testaceipes Pic, 1927
Lucidota tincta Gorham, 1884
Lucidota vitricollis Gorham, 1884
Lucidota xanthopleura Gorham, 1884
Microphotus angustus LeConte, 1874
Microphotus curvophallus Zaragoza-Cab..., 2021
Microphotus dilatatus LeConte, 1866
Microphotus morronei Zaragoza-Cab..., 2021
Microphotus octarthrus Fall, 1912
Microphotus pecosensis Fall, 1912
Microphotus robustophallus Zaragoza-Cab..., 2021
Phausis splendidula Linnaeus, 1767
Phosphaenus hemipterus Goeze, 1777Lesser glow worm
Photinus (Paraphotinus) anisodrilus Zaragoza Cab..., 2007
Photinus (Paraphotinus) juarezae Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Paraphotinus) tlapacoyanensis Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Paraphotinus) tuxtlaensis Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) aldretei Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) aliciae Zaragoza Cab..., 2005
Photinus (Photinus) amoenoides Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) bucaro Zaragoza Cab..., 2005
Photinus (Photinus) chamelensis Zaragoza Cab..., 2005
Photinus (Photinus) chihuahuensis Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) cuasicongruus Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) dugesi Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) furcatus Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) gorhami Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) greeni Lloyd, 1969
Photinus (Photinus) intermedius Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) kleriocaro Zaragoza Cab..., 2005
Photinus (Photinus) lekoalloios Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) lucidotoides McDermott, 1963Buttonquail
Photinus (Photinus) macdermotti Lloyd, 1966
Photinus (Photinus) mcdermotti Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) moralesae Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) morelosensis Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) noguerai Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) paracongruus Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) pararuficollis Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) parvusater Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) perezi Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) perotensis Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) phalloentis Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) platyphallos Zaragoza Cab..., 1995
Photinus (Photinus) pyralis Linnaeus, 1767Big dipper firefly
Photinus (Photinus) saniphallos Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) tenuilineatus Caballero, 1996
Photinus (Photinus) toledoi Zaragoza Cab..., 2000
Photinus (Photinus) xonamancae Caballero, 1996
Photinus abrilae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2020
Photinus acremophallus Zaragoza & G..., 2018
Photinus acutiformis Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus advenus E. Olivier, 1907
Photinus affinis Gorham, 1880
Photinus ahuizolti Zaragoza & D..., 2020
Photinus ahuizotli Zaragoza-Cab..., 2020
Photinus albicauda Gorham, 1881
Photinus albicaudus Gorham, 1881
Photinus albilatera Gyllenhal, 1817
Photinus albolimbatus Gemminger, 1870Acute blindia moss
Photinus alexi Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus aliciarodriguezae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus alobulatus Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus alvarezi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus amenoides Zaragoza, 2000
Photinus ampliatus E. Olivier, 1907
Photinus anagabrielae Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus andresi Zaragoza & L..., 2020
Photinus angieae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus angustilineata Pic, 1940
Photinus apahtzii Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus asiainae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus ater Gorham, 1881
Photinus attenuatus Gorham, 1881
Photinus aulophallus Zaragoza & G..., 2018
Photinus auranticollis Gorham, 1881
Photinus aurora Gorham, 1880
Photinus badilloae Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus barrerae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus brailovskyi Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus branhami Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus brevicornis Gorham, 1884
Photinus brunneovittatus Pic, 1941
Photinus cempoalli Zaragoza & Z..., 2020
Photinus chaaci Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus chabooae Zaragoza & L..., 2020
Photinus championi Gorham, 1884
Photinus chanantzkua Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus chantzinae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus chapingoensis Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus chipirietetsi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus choonghayi Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2024
Photinus chpirii Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus churekuai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus cinctellus Motschulsky, 1853
Photinus cisteilae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus congruus Chevrolat, 1881
Photinus conradti Pic, 1941Hoatzin
Photinus cordovae Gorham, 1880
Photinus corrusca Linnaeus, 1767Winter Firefly
Photinus corruscus Linnaeus, 1767
Photinus cubilguitzi Pérez-Hernán..., 2022
Photinus curtipennis Pic, 1941
Photinus cushingi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus danieli Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus deynisi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus dhipaki Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus diegoriverai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus diurnus Gorham, 1884
Photinus durangona Pic, 1930
Photinus durangonus Pic, 1930
Photinus enioi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus enyae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus eous Gorham, 1884
Photinus erici Zaragoza & Z..., 2020
Photinus escalanteae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus estebani Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus extensus Gorham, 1881
Photinus favilai Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2023
Photinus ferreirai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus flavofemoralis Pic, 1942
Photinus flavosuturalis Pic, 1941
Photinus flohri Gorham, 1884
Photinus florae Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus fridakhaloae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus fumigatus Gorham, 1880
Photinus gabicastanoae Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2024
Photinus geovanni Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus gliscens Gorham, 1881
Photinus guanajuatensis Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus guatemalae Gorham, 1880
Photinus guillermodeltoroi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus heciariya Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus helgae Zaragoza & L..., 2020
Photinus hendrichsi Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus hidalgoensis Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus hoffmanni Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus homerogomezi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus hondurasus Pic, 1941
Photinus hymenodrilus Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus ignisfatuus Gorham, 1884
Photinus impressithorax Pic, 1940Hoatzin
Photinus incongruus Gorham, 1884
Photinus independentiae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus infirma Gorham, 1884
Photinus infirmus Gorham, 1884
Photinus ishwari Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus janisae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus javierfigueroai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus juanrulfoi Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus julietabrambilae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus kaedii Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus kardiophallus Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus kuakali Zaragoza & V..., 2020
Photinus kuaukali Zaragoza-Cab..., 2020
Photinus lekoallois Zaragoza, 1996
Photinus leobonillai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus lewisae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus lucilae Zaragoza, 2020
Photinus lunicollis Gorham, 1880
Photinus lynnfaustae Zaragoza & R..., 2020
Photinus maculiventris Zaragoza & R..., 2020
Photinus magdalenae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus malinalli Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus malinalxochiltlae Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus marcelae Zaragoza & D..., 2020
Photinus marginipennis Lucas, 1859
Photinus marquezi Zaragoza, 2020
Photinus marthae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus martini Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus mayorgae Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus mazuritae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus meteoralis Gorham, 1881
Photinus mexicana Motschulsky, 1854
Photinus mexicanus Motschulsky, 1854
Photinus mictlantecuhtli Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus minusculus Gorham, 1884
Photinus mireyae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus miriamae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus moesta Perty, 1830
Photinus moestus Perty, 1830
Photinus molangoensis Zaragoza & D..., 2020
Photinus montanus Gorham, 1884
Photinus morronei Zaragoza, 2020
Photinus navarretei Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus nayarensis Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus nayeliae Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus nigridorsis Gorham, 1881
Photinus nigrolimbatus Gorham, 1884
Photinus ojiviformis Zaragoza & R..., 2020
Photinus ortegae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus ovatus Gorham, 1881
Photinus palaciosi Zaragoza, 2012
Photinus papkandua Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus parallela Pic, 1940
Photinus parvulus Gorham, 1881
Photinus paulinae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus perelegans Gorham, 1880
Photinus perlucens Gorham, 1880
Photinus pici Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus picticollis Gorham, 1881
Photinus plumbeus Gorham, 1880
Photinus poncianoae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus potosina Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus producta Gorham, 1881
Photinus productus Gorham, 1881
Photinus pulchellus Gorham, 1880
Photinus pumesere Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus pusillus Gorham, 1884
Photinus radians Gorham, 1884
Photinus reichei Gorham, 1881
Photinus ricardae Vega-Badillo..., 2025
Photinus romaldae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus ruficollis Gorham, 1880
Photinus salvini Gorham, 1881
Photinus sanguinicollis Gorham, 1880
Photinus sarae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus schlingeri Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus signaticornis Gorham, 1884
Photinus silveirai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus simplex Gorham, 1881
Photinus staku Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus sturmii Gorham, 1881
Photinus subfuscus Gorham, 1884
Photinus tamarae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus taumari Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus taxcoensis Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus temazcalli Zaragoza & G..., 2020
Photinus tepehuani Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus tepetzala Zaragoza & V..., 2020
Photinus tepeyollotli Zaragoza & V..., 2020
Photinus tezozomoci Zaragoza & L..., 2020
Photinus tilae Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2023
Photinus totiwi Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2025
Photinus tucaari Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus variegata Germar, 1824
Photinus variegatus Germar, 1824
Photinus vegai Zaragoza & C..., 2020
Photinus vezlirai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus victori Zaragoza-Cab..., 2020
Photinus viridianae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2015
Photinus vivianae Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus volcanicus Gorham, 1884
Photinus vulgatus E. Olivier, 1907
Photinus wageneri Zaragoza, 2017
Photinus wasbaeuri Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus westcotti Zaragoza, 2020
Photinus wixarika Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus xilonae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus ximutiwi Gutiérrez-Ca..., 2025
Photinus xipei Zaragoza & V..., 2020
Photinus xochiquetzalae Zaragoza-Cab..., 2024
Photinus zacatecana Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Photinus zacualtipanensis Zaragoza & D..., 2020
Photinus zempoalensis Zaragoza & Z..., 2020
Photinus zongolicaensis Zaragoza & D..., 2020
Photinus zuritai Zaragoza-Cab..., 2023
Pyropygodes huautlae Zaragoza Cab..., 2000

Subnodes of Lucidotini with occurrences in Central America
SubtribeLucidotina
Lacordaire, 1857
1
30
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribePhotinina
LeConte, 1881
5
266
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


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