Cheguevariinae
The Cheguevariinae are a subfamily of fireflies (Lampyridae). It contains the genus Cheguevaria[1], named after the Marxist revolutionary Che Guevera. Cheguevaria are found in the Caribbean, and were previously considered to be incertae sedis within the Lampyridae. Recent molecular phylogenetic results have supported the Cheguevaria to be derived fireflies, with characters sufficient to be their own subfamily.[2]
| Cheguevariinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Cheguevariinae Kazantsev, 2006 |
| Genera | |
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Cheguevaria | |
References
- Kazantsev, Sergey V. (2006). "New firefly taxa from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with notes on biogeography". Russian Entomol. J. 15 (4): 367–392.
- Ferreira, Vinicius S; Keller, Oliver; Branham, Marc A; Ivie, Michael A (2019). "Molecular data support the placement of the enigmatic Cheguevaria as a subfamily of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Oxford University Press (OUP). 187 (4): 1253–1258. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz073. ISSN 0024-4082.
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