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Taxonomy of Genus Photinus Laporte, 1833
Rover fireflies


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
52
4609
79150
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
23
2729
37099
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms
261
3932
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLampyrinae
Latreille, 1817
63
1911
Genera
Species
TribeLucidotini
Lacordaire, 1857
25
943
Genera
Species
SubtribePhotinina
LeConte, 1881
7
644
Genera
Species
GenusPhotinus
Laporte, 1833
Rover fireflies
556Species
Subnodes of Photinus Laporte, 1833
SubgenusPhotinus (Paraphotinus)
Zaragoza Caballero, 1995
4Species
SubgenusPhotinus (Photinus)
Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
Rover fireflies
64Species
SpeciesPhotinus ablucens Fall, 1927
SpeciesPhotinus abrilae Zaragoza-Caballero & González-Ramírez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus acicularis E.Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl
SpeciesPhotinus acremophallus Zaragoza & Gutiérrez, 2018
SpeciesPhotinus acutiformis Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus advenus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus affinis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus agona E.Olivier, 1905
SpeciesPhotinus agonus E Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus ahuizolti Zaragoza & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus ahuizotli Zaragoza-Caballero & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus albicauda Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus albicaudus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus albicinctus Laporte, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus albicollis Chevrolat, 1858
SpeciesPhotinus albilatera Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1817
SpeciesPhotinus albiventris
SpeciesPhotinus albofasciatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus albolimbatus Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus alexanderi Fender, 1970
SpeciesPhotinus alexi Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus aliciarodriguezae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus alobulatus Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus alticola Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus alvarezi Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus amazonicus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus amenoides Zaragoza, 2000
SpeciesPhotinus ampliatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus amplus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus anagabrielae Zaragoza & Gutiérrez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus andresi Zaragoza & López-Pérez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus angieae Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus angustatus Leclerc, 1851
SpeciesPhotinus angustilineata Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus apahtzii Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus apicalis Pic, 1931
SpeciesPhotinus aploplecticus E. Olivier, 1899
Great Argus
SpeciesPhotinus arizonensis Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus asiainae Zaragoza-Caballero and Aquino-Romero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus ater Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus atomarius E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesPhotinus atroscutus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus attenuatus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus augustalisi Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus aulophallus Zaragoza & Gutiérrez, 2018
SpeciesPhotinus aurantiacus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus auranticollis Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus aurora Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus autumnalis Melsheimer, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus badilloae Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus baeri E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus barrerae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus bergi E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesPhotinus bicoloripes Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesPhotinus bidenticauda
SpeciesPhotinus bivulnerus Green, 1949
SpeciesPhotinus blackwelderi Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus blandus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus bogotensis E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl
SpeciesPhotinus boxi Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus brailovskyi Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus branhami Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus brevicornis Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus brevior Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus bruchi E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus brunescens Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus brunneohumeralis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus brunneotinctus Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus brunneovittatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus californica Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus californicus Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesPhotinus caliginosus G. Olivier, 1790
SpeciesPhotinus calisius Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus captiosus Fender, 1970
SpeciesPhotinus castus LeConte, 1851
SpeciesPhotinus cempoalli Zaragoza & Zurita-García, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus ceratus Leng & Mutchler, 1922
SpeciesPhotinus chaaci Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus chabooae Zaragoza & López-Pérez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus championi Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus chanantzkua Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus chantzinae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus chapingoensis Zaragoza & Campos, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus chapini Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus chipirietetsi Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus choonghayi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus chpirii Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus churekuai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus cinctellus Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesPhotinus circumcincta Gemminger, 1870
SpeciesPhotinus circumcinctus Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus cisteilae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus claricollis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus clermonti Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus collaris Laporte, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus commisus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus concinnus Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus congruus Chevrolat, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus conradti Pic, 1941
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus consanguineus LeConte, 1852
Consanguineous Firefly, Double Cousin Firefly
SpeciesPhotinus cookii Green, 1956
SpeciesPhotinus cordovae Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus coriocosus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus coroicosus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus coronatus Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus corrusca Linnaeus, 1767
Winter Firefly
SpeciesPhotinus corruscus Linnaeus, 1767
SpeciesPhotinus cubilguitzi Pérez-Hernández and Zaragoza-Caballero in Pérez-Hernández et al, 2022
SpeciesPhotinus curticornis Pic, 1941
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus curtipennis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus cushingi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus cylindra E.Olivier, 1905
SpeciesPhotinus cylindrus E Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus danieli Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus davisae Keller, 2021
SpeciesPhotinus deynisi Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus dhipaki Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus diegoriverai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus discoidalis Pic, 1931
SpeciesPhotinus discoideus Sahlberg, 1823
SpeciesPhotinus distinguenda E.Olivier, 1905
SpeciesPhotinus distinguendus E Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus diurnus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus dorsalis Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesPhotinus durangona Pic, 1930
SpeciesPhotinus durangonus Pic, 1930
SpeciesPhotinus ebriosus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus ecostata LeConte, 1878  ⇒ Pyractonema ecostata
SpeciesPhotinus elapsa E.Olivier, 1905
SpeciesPhotinus elapsus E Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus elisabethae Buck, 1947
Crested Argus, Vietnamese Crested Argus
SpeciesPhotinus elongatus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus enioi Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus enyae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus eous Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus erichsoni Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus erici Zaragoza & Zurita-García, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus escalanteae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus estebani Zaragoza-Caballero and Pérez-Flores in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus euphotus Barber, 1941
2Subspecies
SpeciesPhotinus evanescens Barber, 1941
4Subspecies
SpeciesPhotinus extensus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus fabricii Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus facula LeConte, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus faculus LeConte, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus fastidiosus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus favilai Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus fenderi Zaragoza-Caballero Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus ferreirai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus flaveolus E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus flavicollis LeConte, 1868  ⇒ Ellychnia (Ellychnia) flavicollis
Orinoco jute, Red jute
SpeciesPhotinus flavithorax Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus flavofemoralis Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus flavolimbatus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus flavonotatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus flavosuturalis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus flohri Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus florae Zaragoza & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus frater E.Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus fridakhaloae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus frigidus Olivier, 1888  ⇒ Photinus (Photinus) ardens
SpeciesPhotinus fruhstorferi Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus fuliginosus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus fulvobasalis Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus fumigatus Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus fuscicornis Kirsch, 1873
SpeciesPhotinus fuscus Germar, 1824
SpeciesPhotinus gabicastanoae Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus garciai Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus geovanni Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus gliscens Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus gounellei Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus gracilis Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus gracilobus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus grandis Pic, 1931
SpeciesPhotinus granulicollis Fender, 1962
SpeciesPhotinus guanajuatensis Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus guatemalae Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus guayanensis Demay, 1838
SpeciesPhotinus guillermodeltoroi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus guyanensis Demay, 1839
SpeciesPhotinus harveyi Buck, 1947
Crested Argus, Vietnamese Crested Argus
SpeciesPhotinus hatchi Fender, 1962
SpeciesPhotinus heciariya Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus helgae Zaragoza & López-Pérez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus hendrichsi Zaragoza & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus hidalgoensis Zaragoza & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus hoffmanni Zaragoza & Gutiérrez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus homerogomezi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus hondurasus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus hymenodrilus Zaragoza & Gutiérrez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus hypoleucus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus ignisfatuus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus immigrans Zaragoza & Viñolas, 2018
SpeciesPhotinus impressicollis Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus impressithorax Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus incongruus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus independentiae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus indictus LeConte, 1881
Silent Firefly, Small-eyed Firefly
SpeciesPhotinus ineptus E. Olivier, 1900
SpeciesPhotinus infirma Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus infirmus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus infuscatus Laporte, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus inhumeralis Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus innocuus Boheman, 1858
SpeciesPhotinus intercalatus Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus interdius
SpeciesPhotinus interruptus Erichson, 1847
SpeciesPhotinus irroratus Fender, 1970
SpeciesPhotinus ishwari Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus ivanovitschi Zaragoza-Caballero & Zurita-Garcia, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus jamesi Zaragoza-Caballero Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus janisae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus javierfigueroai Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus joergenseni E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesPhotinus juanrulfoi Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus julietabrambilae Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus kaedii Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus kardiophallus Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus kazantsevi Alekseev, 2019
SpeciesPhotinus kuakali Zaragoza & Vega-Badillo, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus kuaukali Zaragoza-Caballero & Vega-Badillo, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus lacustris LeConte, 1852
SpeciesPhotinus laticollis Pic, 1941
2Subspecies
SpeciesPhotinus latior E.Olivier, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus latiusculus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus latreillei E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus lavali Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus lawrencei Zaragoza-Caballero Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus lekoallois Zaragoza, 1996
SpeciesPhotinus leobonillai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus leucopyge Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus leucorrhaea E.Olivier, 1910
SpeciesPhotinus leucorrhoeus E Olivier, 1910
Sumba Buttonquail
SpeciesPhotinus lewisae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus lewisi Buck, 1947
Crested Argus, Vietnamese Crested Argus
SpeciesPhotinus limbativentris Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus linearis Latreille, 1811
SpeciesPhotinus lineatus E.Olivier, 1885
SpeciesPhotinus lineellus LeConte, 1852
SpeciesPhotinus littoralis Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesPhotinus lobatus Barber, 1941
3Subspecies
SpeciesPhotinus lojaensis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus longicornis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus longipennis Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesPhotinus longula Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus longulus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus longus Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus lucernula Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus lucidus Linnaeus, 1767
SpeciesPhotinus lucilae Zaragoza, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus luctuosus Laporte, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus lundi Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus lunicollis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus lunulatus Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus lycoides Laporte, 1833
SpeciesPhotinus lynnfaustae Zaragoza & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus maculicollis Kirsch, 1873
SpeciesPhotinus maculiventris Zaragoza & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus magdalenae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus magnus Mutchler, 1923
SpeciesPhotinus malinalli Zaragoza & González-Ramírez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus malinalxochiltlae Zaragoza & González-Ramírez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus manni Leng & Mutchler, 1922
SpeciesPhotinus marcapatanus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus marcelae Zaragoza & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus marginatus Linnaeus, 1767
SpeciesPhotinus marginellus LeConte, 1852
Little Gray Firefly
SpeciesPhotinus marginipennis Lucas, 1859
SpeciesPhotinus maritimus E. Olivier, 1899
Great Argus
SpeciesPhotinus marquezi Zaragoza, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus marthae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus martini Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus mayorgae Zaragoza & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus mazuritae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus meditabundus E.Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus megista Fender, 1970
SpeciesPhotinus melanopyge Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus melanurus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus meridanus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus meteoralis Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus mexicana Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus mexicanus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus mictlantecuhtli Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus minasensis Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus minimus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus minor Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus minusculus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus minutissimus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus mireyae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus miriamae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus mixticollis E.Olivier, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus modestus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus moesta Perty, 1830
SpeciesPhotinus moestus Perty, 1830
SpeciesPhotinus molangoensis Zaragoza & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus montanus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus morbosus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus morronei Zaragoza, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus multilineatus Pic, 1931
SpeciesPhotinus naevus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus nanus E.Olivier, 1912
SpeciesPhotinus navarretei Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus nayarensis Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus nayeliae Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus needed
SpeciesPhotinus nefarius E.Olivier, 1912
SpeciesPhotinus niger Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus nigridorsis Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus nigrolimbatus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus nigrovittatus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus nodieri Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus nothoides Buck, 1947
Crested Argus, Vietnamese Crested Argus
SpeciesPhotinus nothus Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus obscurellus LeConte, 1851
SpeciesPhotinus obscurevittata Fender, 1962
SpeciesPhotinus obscurevittatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus obscurivittatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus occidentalis G. Olivier, 1790
SpeciesPhotinus ojiviformis Zaragoza & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus olivieri Pic, 1930
SpeciesPhotinus omissus E.Olivier, 1885
SpeciesPhotinus ortegae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus otuzcosus Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus ovatus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus palaciosi Zaragoza, 2012
SpeciesPhotinus pallidipes Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus pantoni E.Olivier, 1902
SpeciesPhotinus papkandua Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus parallela Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus parallelus Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus pardalis Buck, 1947
Crested Argus, Vietnamese Crested Argus
SpeciesPhotinus parvulus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus parvus Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus paulinae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus paulomarginatus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus pauperculus Boheman, 1858
SpeciesPhotinus pelotasensis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus peractus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus perbrevis E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus perelegans Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus perlucens Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus petaini Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus phosphoreus Linnaeus, 1767
SpeciesPhotinus piceicornis Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus pici Zaragoza-Caballero Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus picticollis Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus plumbeus Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus poncianoae Zaragoza-Caballero and Pérez-Flores in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus potosina Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus producta Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus productus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus pulchellus Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus pumesere Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus punctiventris LeConte, 1878  ⇒ Pyractonema punctiventris
SpeciesPhotinus punctulatus LeConte, 1851
SpeciesPhotinus pusillus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus pygmaeus E.Olivier, 1899
SpeciesPhotinus quadratifer Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus quadrimaculatus Castelnau, 1840
SpeciesPhotinus radians Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus reductemarginalis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus reductilimbatus Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus reductimarginalis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus reductus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus reichei Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus reveritus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus reversus Gemminger, 1870
SpeciesPhotinus ricardae Vega-Badillo and Veliz-Ojeda, 2025
SpeciesPhotinus risorius E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus roberti E.Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus romaldae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus roseicollis Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus rubens
SpeciesPhotinus ruficollis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus rufomarginatus Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus saladosus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus salvini Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus sanctaeluciae McDermott, 1958
Plumed Guineafowl
SpeciesPhotinus sanctus E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesPhotinus sanguinicollis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesPhotinus santiagonus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus sarae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus schlingeri Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus secernatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus semibasalis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus semilimbatus Pic, 1942
SpeciesPhotinus semiluteus Pic, 1939
SpeciesPhotinus sericellus E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesPhotinus signaticollis Blanchard in Brullé, 1846
SpeciesPhotinus signaticornis Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus silveirai Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus simplex Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus simulans E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesPhotinus singularis Leng & Mutchler, 1922
SpeciesPhotinus sobrinus Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus speciosus E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesPhotinus staku Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus sturmi Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus sturmii Gorham, 1881
SpeciesPhotinus suavis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus subattenuata Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus subattenuatus Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus subauranticus Pic, 1931
SpeciesPhotinus subfuscus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus subinterruptus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus sublateralis Mutchler, 1923
SpeciesPhotinus sublatus Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus subquadricollis Pic, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus subtestaceus Pic, 1930
Queen of the forest, Queen-of-the-forest
SpeciesPhotinus succensus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus sulcicollis E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesPhotinus suturellus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus synchronans Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus taedifer LeConte, 1951
SpeciesPhotinus taeniatus Ernst, 1908
SpeciesPhotinus tamarae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus tanytoxis Lloyd, 1966
SpeciesPhotinus tapianus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus taumari Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus taxcoensis Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus teffensis Pic, 1930
Queen of the forest, Queen-of-the-forest
SpeciesPhotinus temazcalli Zaragoza & González-Ramírez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus tepehuani Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus tepetzala Zaragoza & Vega-Badillo, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus tepeyollotli Zaragoza & Vega-Badillo, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus tezozomoci Zaragoza & López-Pérez, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus theryi Pic, 1940
SpeciesPhotinus tilae Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus totiwi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza Rodríguez-Mirón et al, 2025
SpeciesPhotinus transversenotata E.Olivier, 1905
SpeciesPhotinus transversenotatus E Olivier, 1905
Sandhill Crane
SpeciesPhotinus tricolorithorax Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus truncatus Eschscholtz, 1824
SpeciesPhotinus tucaari Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus tucumanus Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus vacua E.Olivier, 1910
SpeciesPhotinus vacuus E Olivier, 1910
Sumba Buttonquail
SpeciesPhotinus vanderberghi Constantin, 2012
SpeciesPhotinus variabilis Barber, 1941
SpeciesPhotinus varicollis E.Olivier, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus variegata Germar, 1824
SpeciesPhotinus variegatus Germar, 1824
SpeciesPhotinus vegai Zaragoza & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus velutinus Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesPhotinus venustulus Erichson, 1847
SpeciesPhotinus vezlirai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus vianai Pic, 1939
SpeciesPhotinus victori Zaragoza-Caballero, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus viduus Erichson, 1847
SpeciesPhotinus viridianae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
SpeciesPhotinus vitiosus Gemminger, 1870
Acute blindia moss
SpeciesPhotinus vittaticollis Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus vittatus Olivier, 1790
SpeciesPhotinus vittiger Gyllenhal, 1817  ⇒ Robopus vittiger
SpeciesPhotinus vittigera LeConte, 1851
SpeciesPhotinus vivianae Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus volcanicus Gorham, 1884
SpeciesPhotinus vulgatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesPhotinus wageneri Zaragoza, 2017
SpeciesPhotinus wasbaeuri Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus westcotti Zaragoza, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus weygandi Pic, 1940
Hoatzin
SpeciesPhotinus wixarika Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus xanthophotis Goose, 1848
Red-chested Flufftail
2Subspecies
SpeciesPhotinus xilonae Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus ximutiwi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza Rodríguez-Mirón et al, 2025
SpeciesPhotinus xipei Zaragoza & Vega-Badillo, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus xochiquetzalae Zaragoza-Caballero and Aquino-Romero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2024
SpeciesPhotinus zacatecana Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023
SpeciesPhotinus zacualtipanensis Zaragoza & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus zempoalensis Zaragoza & Zurita-García, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus zonatus Gemminger, 1870
SpeciesPhotinus zongolicaensis Zaragoza & Domínguez-León, 2020
SpeciesPhotinus zuritai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al, 2023

Synonyms
Ellipolampis (Motschulsky, 1853)
Gynaptera (LeConte, 1863)
Lamprodes (Motschulsky, 1853)
Macrolampus (Motschulsky, 1853)
Paraphotinus (Zaragoza Caballero, 1995)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Photinus
EnglishRover fireflies


Distribution of Photinus Laporte, 1833
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Fiji, France, Georgia, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Republic South Africa, Russia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, United Kingdom, USA


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