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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Cratomorphini » Pyractomena » Pyractomena punctiventris
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firefly - Pyractomena punctiventris
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

firefly - Pyractomena punctiventris
McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
October 21, 2004
This looks like one of the luninescent fireflies. Any ideas which one ?
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Contributed by tom murray on 31 March, 2005 - 7:54pm
Last updated 9 September, 2024 - 10:23pm

Moved
Moved from Pyractomena borealis.
It was suggested by Richard Joyce that this is Pyractomena punctiventris on iNaturalist.
… tom murray, 9 September, 2024 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved tentatively
Moved from Pyractomena.
… Stephen Luk, 11 September, 2015 - 11:49pm login or register to post comments

Firefly identification
Yes this is a Pyractomena species. Habitus reminds me of borealis but there are many similar species in the south.
… Stephen Luk, 10 September, 2010 - 9:21am login or register to post comments

Pyractomena sp.
Pretty sure this is a species of Pyractomena. The pronotal shield in this genus is ever so slightly more angular and triangular than in the other genera.
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 April, 2005 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Pyractomena sp.
I thought it looked a little different. Thanks again for all your help Eric.
… tom murray, 4 April, 2005 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

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