Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. Microphotus are usually found in the southwestern region of the United States of America and adjoining parts of Mexico. There are seven described species in Microphotus in the United States and three more in Mexico.
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Microphotus is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. Microphotus are usually found in the southwestern region of the United States of America and adjoining parts of Mexico. There are seven described species in Microphotus in the United States and three more in Mexico.
==Species== Microphotus angustus LeConte, 1874 Microphotus chiricahuae Green, 1959 Microphotus curvophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Vega-Badillo & Cifuentes-Ruiz, 2021 Microphotus decarthrus Fall, 1912 Microphotus dilatatus LeConte, 1866 Microphotus fragilis E. Olivier, 1912 Microphotus morronei Zaragoza-Caballero, López-Pérez & Rodríguez-Mirón, 2021 Microphotus octarthrus Fall, 1912 (desert firefly) Microphotus pecosensis Fall, 1912 Microphotus robustophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Domínguez-León & González-Ramírez, 2021
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