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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Cratomorphini » Pyractomena » Pyractomena borealis

Species Pyractomena borealis

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season
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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 Cratomorphini
Genus Pyractomena
Species borealis (Pyractomena borealis)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1838)
Size
11-19 mm
Identification
distinguished by the large size, dark color, narrow (sometimes obliterated) pale lateral border of the elytron, and dusky epipleuron.
Range
e NA to AB (BG data)
Season
mostly Mar-Jun (BG data)
Contributed by v belov on 20 July, 2009 - 4:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Stephen Luk
Last updated 1 July, 2016 - 2:59pm

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