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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Cratomorphini » Pyractomena » Pyractomena dispersa
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Pyractomena dispersa
Copyright © 2018 John L. Richards

Pyractomena dispersa
New Haven, Weber County, Utah, USA
June 27, 2018
Size: 13 mm

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Contributed by John L. Richards on 6 July, 2018 - 12:38am
Last updated 26 April, 2019 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Fireflies.
… Hisserdude, 26 April, 2019 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Hisserdude, 30 March, 2019 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Genus species
Why was this not closed at the genus species level instead of just the Lampyridae level?
This specimen has been identified as Pyractomena dispersa, by a specialist, as part of a project at the Utah Museum of Natural History.
… John L. Richards, 31 March, 2019 - 1:50pm login or register to post comments

 
I don't know enough about fireflies
to take this to species, and the only images of this species on Bugguide are from the East Coast...
… Hisserdude, 1 April, 2019 - 4:11am login or register to post comments

 
Understood
Until recently, there was little known about fireflies in Utah. Everyone was assuming that they were not here this far West. Then records started to show up and a special study was started 2-3 years ago. This bug is now in Utah.
… John L. Richards, 1 April, 2019 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

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