Micronaspis
Micronaspis is a genus of fireflies in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae, containing only one species, the Florida intertidal firefly (Micronaspis floridana).[2][3][4][5][6] It is found in the Bahamas and Florida. It is threatened by habitat loss from coastal development as well as storm surges and sea level rise as a consequence of climate change, with Hurricane Dorian having a major impact on Grand Bahama island, where the species is known from. Increased chemical and light pollution has also seriously affected the species. Further threatening it in Florida is the introduction of Steinernema carpocapsae as a biocontrol agent for crops, which is known to target other beetle species than the ones it is meant to control; it is likely the cause of a local extirpation of a population of M. floridana from Sarasota Bay.[2]
| Micronaspis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Lampyrinae |
| Tribe: | Cratomorphini |
| Genus: | Micronaspis Green, 1948 |
| Species: | M. floridana |
| Binomial name | |
| Micronaspis floridana Green, 1948 | |
References
- Fallon, C. & Walker, A. 2021. Micronaspis floridana. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T13374A166771169. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T13374A166771169.en. Downloaded on 23 April 2021.
- "Micronaspis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Browse Micronaspis". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Micronaspis". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Micronaspis Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
- "Micronaspis Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-16.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys. Pensoft Publishers (88): 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- Lloyd, J.E. (2003). "On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new". Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2003)086[0099:ORAEEV]2.0.CO;2.
- Lloyd, James E. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 187–196. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- McDermott, F.A. (1966). Steel, W.O. (ed.). "Lampyridae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, Pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.