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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Photurinae » Photuris » Photuris flavicollis

Species Photuris flavicollis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Photuris flavicollis Fall - Photuris flavicollis - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea

Family Lampyridae (Fireflies)

Subfamily Photurinae

Genus Photuris

Species flavicollis (Photuris flavicollis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Syn: Photuris brunnipennis Jacquelin Du Val in Sagra, [1857]

Explanation of Names

Photuris flavicollis Fall 1927 (elevated from subsp. to full sp. by Lloyd, 2003)(1)

flavicollis (L). 'yellow neck' (2)

Size

8.4-11.5 mm (3)(4)

Identification

Pronotum entirely pale yellow (brunnipennis group) (4)

Elytra entirely black. Labial margin triangulate. Metasternum concolorous with yellow head and thoracic sternites above and below. Fifth ventral sternite with pale posterior margin, the lutescent area broad at middle, narrower toward but not reaching sides. Apical infuscation of femora gradual and barely noticeable, but knees including base of tibiae, pale.

Range

endemic to the Davis Mtns of w. TX - Map (3)(4)(5)(6)

Habitat

arid montane

Season

May-July (5)

Life Cycle

Flash pattern of male not recorded (4)

Remarks

Type Locality: Alpine, Texas; three males, collected by O. C. Poling. (3)

"Vulnerable" Globally (Source: IUCN Red List)

See Also

Photuris brunnipennis Jacquelin Du Val - Range: s. FL (Cuba) (1)

Print References

Barber, H.S. 1951. North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58. (7)

Fall, H.C. 1927. New Lampyridae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 22: 205-211. (3)

Jacquelin du Val. P.N.C. [1857]. Ordre des coléoptères, Lin. Pp. 1-328 in: Ramón de la Sagra. Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l’Ile de Cuba. Animaux articulés a pieds articulés, par M. F.E. Guérin-Méneville. Arthus Bertrand, Paris. lxxxvii + 868 pp.

Lloyd, J.E. 2003. On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 99–113. (1)

McDermott, F.A. 1967. The North American fireflies of the genus Photuris DeJean a modification of Barber's key (Coleoptera; Lampyridae). The Coleopterists' Bulletin 21(4): 106–116. (4)

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

iNaturalist (6)

Works Cited

1.	On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new. Lloyd, J.E. 2003. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 99–113.

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	New Lampyridae. Fall, H.C. 1927. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 22: 205-211.

4.	The North American fireflies of the genus Photuris DeJean a modification of Barber's key (Coleoptera; Lampyridae). McDermott, F.A. 1967. The Coleopterists' Bulletin 21(4): 106–116.

5.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

6.	iNaturalist

7.	North American fireflies in the genus Photuris. Barber, H.S. and F.A. McDermott. 1951. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 117(1): 1–58.

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 14 August, 2016 - 8:28pm
Last updated 15 July, 2023 - 3:43pm

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