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Species Photinus bivulnerus

Photinus bivulnerus (Green) - Photinus bivulnerus Pyropyga? Maybe P. nigricans? - Photinus bivulnerus Pyropyga? Maybe P. nigricans? - Photinus bivulnerus Pyropyga? Maybe P. nigricans? - Photinus bivulnerus
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 bivulnerus (Photinus bivulnerus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ellychnia bivulnerus Green 1949
Explanation of Names
Photinus bivulnerus (Green)
Identification
pronotal structure distinct, and minute light organs in the second-to-last abdominal segment visible just aft the elytra (comment by J. Cicero)
Range
AZ - Map (1)
Print References
Green J.W. (1949) A new genus and new species of American Lampyrini, and other notes (Coleoptera: Lampyridae, Cantharidae). Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 75: 1‒6. (Full text)