Cratomorphini Explained

The Cratomorphini are a tribe of fireflies of the large subfamily Lampyrinae. The genera placed here often contain well-sized members of their family. The larvae of many species climb trees to feed on snails. This group contains a few "lightning bugs" (flashing fireflies) from North America, e.g. the genus Pyractomena. Further south in the American tropics, Aspisoma can be found.

Systematics

The group has recently been examined using molecular phylogenetics, using fairly comprehensive sampling.^[1]

Genera

• Aspisoma Laporte, 1833
• Aspisomoides Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
• Cassidomorphus Motschulsky, 1853
• Cratomorphus Motschulsky, 1853
• Micronaspis Green, 1948
• Paracratomorphus Zaragoza-Caballero, 2013
• Pyractomena LeConte, 1845

Notes and References

1. Martin . Gavin J. . Stanger-Hall . Kathrin F. . Branham . Marc A. . Da Silveira . Luiz F. L. . Lower . Sarah E. . Hall . David W. . Li . Xue-Yan . Lemmon . Alan R. . Moriarty Lemmon . Emily . Bybee . Seth M. . 3 . Jordal . Bjarte . Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) . . Oxford University Press) . 3 . 6 . 1 November 2019 . 10.1093/isd/ixz024 .