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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lampyrini » Paraphausis
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firefly - Paraphausis
Copyright © 2016 Joyce Gross

firefly - Paraphausis
1 mile east of Pacific House, El Dorado County, California, USA
June 18, 2016

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 24 September, 2016 - 11:17pm

This one is problematic....th
This one is problematic....the specimen needs examination because it is a new record very, very far away from the lampyrid that most closely resembles it, namely Nelsonphotus aridus, which is also on BugGuide....it is known only from the southern CA desert and Mexico. It is certainly not Paraphausis. I've studied the two side by side (Cicero 2006, Two new genera and one new species of firefly....with notes on their biology. Pan Pac 82(2):200-207) and you can see their photos side by side in my paper....I realize this was 6 years ago, but can the contributer Joyce Gross look for more specimens and avail them?
… joeCicero, 26 June, 2022 - 11:31pm login or register to post comments

 
contact Essig Museum
This specimen, and I believe a few additional ones, are at the Essig Museum. You can contact the museum (essig.berkeley.edu) to ask about them. The specimens were found/collected not by me but by Cheryl Barr and Bill Shepard.
… Joyce Gross, 11 July, 2022 - 6:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… Blaine Mathison, 24 September, 2016 - 11:47pm login or register to post comments

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