Species Pyropyga nigricans

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References

Flower beetle or firefly? - Pyropyga nigricans

mating fireflies - Pyropyga nigricans - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Lampyridae (Fireflies)

Subfamily Lampyrinae

Tribe Photinini

Genus Pyropyga

Species nigricans (Pyropyga nigricans)

Size

5-9 mm (Strickland Entomological Museum)

Identification

Neither sex is luminous.

Range

much of North America, except Southeast, common in West

Internet References

Strickland Entomological Museum

Contributed by tom murray on 10 January, 2009 - 10:09pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 12 January, 2009 - 10:50am

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