| Alecton discoidalis | |
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| A larva of Alecton discoidalis preying on a pulmonate land snail in the genus Oleacina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Alecton |
| Species: | A. discoidalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Alecton discoidalis | |
Alecton discoidalis is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae, commonly known as the Cuban endemic firefly. The larvae of this species are predators on both pulmonate and operculate land snails. Alecton discoidalis is the type species of the genus Alecton.[1]
- ^ a b (in French) Laporte M. F. L. de (1833). "D'une Révision de genre Lampyre". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 2(1): 122-153. page 135.