Alecton

Genus of beetle

For the ship, see French corvette Alecton.

Alecton

A larva of Alecton discoidalis preying on a pulmonate land snail in the genus Oleacina
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Coleoptera
Suborder:  | Polyphaga
Infraorder:  | Elateriformia
Family:  | Lampyridae
Subfamily:  | Lampyrinae
Tribe:  | Lamprocerini
Genus:  | Alecton
Laporte, 1833

Alecton is a genus of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. The species Alecton discoidalis is the best known of the four species in the genus. Alecton is believed to be endemic to Cuba.[1]

## References

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1. ^ Rios, Ormaily Madruga; Quinta, Maike Hernández (2010). "Larval Feeding Habits of the Cuban Endemic Firefly Alecton discoidalis Laporte (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1–5\. doi:10.1155/2010/149879.1-5&rft.date=2010&rft_id=info:doi/10.1155/2010/149879&rft.aulast=Rios&rft.aufirst=Ormaily+Madruga&rft.au=Quinta,+Maike+Hernández&rft_id=https://doi.org/10.1155%2F2010%2F149879&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Alecton" class="Z3988">

Taxon identifiers

Alecton|

* Wikidata: Q30027764
* CoL: RNV
* GBIF: 4741669
* iNaturalist: 1249586
* IRMNG: 1402445
* ITIS: 952281
* Open Tree of Life: 4663073

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