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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Diurnal Fireflies (Ellychnia) » California Glowworm (Ellychnia californica)

Species Ellychnia californica - California Glowworm

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Works Cited
Ellychnia californica - male Ellychnia californica - male California Diurnal Firefly - Ellychnia californica California Diurnal Firefly - Ellychnia californica Ellychnia californica - California Glowworm - Ellychnia californica - male Diurnal Firefly (Ellychnia) - Ellychnia californica California Glowworm - Ellychnia californica Unknown Coleoptera - Ellychnia californica
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 Ellychnia (Diurnal Fireflies)
Species californica (California Glowworm)
Other Common Names
California Diurnal Firefly
Explanation of Names
Ellychnia californica Motschulsky 1853
Size
10.5-16 mm
Identification
Sides of median black area of pronotum straight, diverging from apex to base, with a small antebasal lobe extending into roseate area; in the sympatric E. megista, the black area is subparallel to the base, where it slightly widens (no antebasal lobe)(1)
Range
Throughout CA, but seems to be more common from Sacramento south to the San Bernardino Mountains(1)
Habitat
on flowers and grassy vegetation, esp. in moist habitats(2)
Works Cited
1.Ellychnia of Western North America
2.Field Guide to Beetles of California
Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.
Contributed by John F. Carr on 4 February, 2009 - 4:50pm
Additional contributions by Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 7 May, 2013 - 12:16pm

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