Species Phausis rhombica

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

eastern BC Phausis - Phausis rhombica - male

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 Phausis

Species rhombica (Phausis rhombica)

Explanation of Names

Phausis rhombica Fender in Hatch 1962

Size

6-7 mm(1)

Identification

Rhomboid pronotum distinctive. Body all-black. Transparent windows large, nearly meeting. The similarly shaped Ph. inaccensa is brownish and eastern in distribution.(1)

Range

sw. AB to BC south to OR(1)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

1.	The genus Phausis in America north of Mexico (Coleoptera-Lampyridae) Fender K.M. 1966. Northwest Science 40: 83-95.

2.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 21 October, 2008 - 11:26pm
Additional contributions by Stephen Luk, v belov
Last updated 28 January, 2015 - 9:01am

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