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Species Pyractomena vexillaria

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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 Cratomorphini
Genus Pyractomena
Species vexillaria (Pyractomena vexillaria)
Explanation of Names
Pyractomena vexillaria Gorham, 1881
Range
sw US (1)
Remarks
there are two spmns in the C.A. Triplehorn Insect Collection (2) examined by Green that were collected by D. J. & J. N. Knull in Val Verde Co., Texas in 1947 & 1948.
Print References
Green, J.W. 1957. Revision of the Nearctic species of Pyractomena. Wasmann Journal of Biology 15(2): 237-284.