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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Photinus » Photinus stellaris

Species Photinus stellaris

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Photinus stellaris Fall - Photinus stellaris

Photinus stellaris Fall - Photinus stellaris - male

Photinus stellaris Fall - Photinus stellaris - female

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 Lampyrinae

Tribe Lucidotini

Genus Photinus

Species stellaris (Photinus stellaris)

Other Common Names

Canyon Imp

Explanation of Names

Photinus stellaris Fall 1927

Size

6.5-9 mm (1)

Identification

Elytra entirely black (i.e. lacking pale margins). Pronotum entirely rufous, or rarely somewhat dusky anteriorly (1)

Form elongate, as in P. collustrans (1)

seems more elongated than other spp. with pale pronota...

Range

w. to c. TX (1)

Season

Apr-July (1)

Life Cycle

The canyon imp occurs along limestone rivers. Males are known to congregate in large numbers in sycamore trees along these rivers, sometimes flashing in near synchrony.

Remarks

Described from a series of nine examples, all males, collected by Mr. O. C. Poling at Alpine, Texas. (Fall 1927)

assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List

See Also

P. collustrans LeConte

- FL endemic

Det. M. C. Thomas, 2009

Print References

Fall, H.C. 1927. New Lampyridae. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 22: 205-211. (2)

Green, J.W. 1956. Revision of the Nearctic species of Photinus (Lampyridae: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 561–613. (1)

Internet References

IUCN Red List assessment

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the Nearctic species of Photinus (Lampyridae: Coleoptera). Green, J.W. 1956. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 561–613.

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

Contributed by Mike Quinn on 17 February, 2016 - 8:50pm
Last updated 31 March, 2021 - 8:53am

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