Genus

Microphotus

Microphotus angustus. Photo: (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are about eight described species in Microphotus.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
        Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
        Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
        Superfamily: Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)
        Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies)
        Subfamily: Lampyrinae (Typical fireflies)
        Tribe: Lampyrini
        Genus: Microphotus
        Species: Microphotus angustus (California pink glowworm)

Subtaxa

Species: Microphotus angustus (California pink glowworm)

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Discussion

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