genus
Rover Fireflies
Photinus
Field notes
The rover fireflies (Photinus) are a genus of fireflies (family Lampyridae). They are the type genus of tribe Photinini in subfamily Lampyrinae. This genus contains, for example, the common eastern firefly (P. pyralis), the most common species of firefly in North America.
Male Photinus beetles of some species emit a flashing light pattern to signal for females. Illegitimate receivers, such as female Photuris beetles, identify these signals and use them to locate the male Photinus, attract them with deceptive signals, and eat them. An important study on the diversity of species in the USA and their visual communication was by Lloyd (1966)
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- Photinus consanguineus 5 native
- Photinus Marginellus Complex 2 native
- Common Eastern Firefly native
- Winter Firefly presumed native
- California Glowworm native
- Photinus signaticollis
- Greater Firefly native
- Smokies Synchronous Firefly presumed native
- Pacific Northwest Firefly presumed native
- Cook's Firefly presumed native
- Short-flash Firefly presumed native
- Pale Firefly presumed native
- Fall Southwest Firefly presumed native
- Murky Flash-train presumed native
- Texas Two-step Flasher presumed native
- Twilight Bush Baby Firefly presumed native
- Cattail Flash-train Firefly native
- Starry Firefly presumed native
- Creekside Tree Blinkers presumed native
- Little Torch Firefly presumed native
- Punctate Firefly presumed native
- Sidewinder Firefly presumed native
- Green's Firefly presumed native
- Northern Ablaze Flash-train presumed native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native rover fireflies All
Native to the US, by observations.
