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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Lampyrinae » Lucidotini » Photinus » Photinus texanus

Species Photinus texanus

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Silent Sparks: The Wondrous World of Fireflies

By Sara Lewis
Princeton University Press, 2016

Attractive book on firefly biology. Has an interesting guide to several prominent genera of North American fireflies. (It has a key, but again, it is only for the more prominent genera.) Photos include contributions from several BugGuide members. See also:
Princeton University Press page
https://silentsparks.com/
TED Talk--The love and lies of fireflies

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Contributed by Cotinis on 29 May, 2016 - 12:45pm

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The occurrence and behaviors of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) on milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L.

By Faust, L. and H. Faust.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 283-291., 2014

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Lynn Faust and Hugh Faust. 2014. The occurrence and behaviors of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) on milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 283-291.

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At four sites spanning a general triangle with 50–100 km legs in East Tennessee over a six-week period in July and August 2013, 56 fireflies, male and female, from four species and three genera were associated with common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca L. Photinus pyralis (L.), Photinus cooki Green, Pyropyga minuta LeConte, and an [un]determined species of Photuris Dejean repeatedly exhibited seven common behaviors of nectaring from individual blooms and stigmatic slits and actively mouthing floral stems, recurved sepals, and uppermost leaves, lasting from 9–175+ minutes.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 June, 2014 - 4:05pm

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Allegheny National Forest June 2012 Firefly Survey Forest and Warren Counties, PA.

By Faust et al.
U.S. Forest Service, USDA. 34 pp., 2012

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Lynn Faust, Raphael De Cock, Kathrin Stanger Hall, Zach Marion, Sarah Sander. 2012. Allegheny National Forest June 2012 Firefly Survey Forest and Warren Counties, PA. U.S. Forest Service, USDA. 34 pp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 June, 2014 - 12:18pm

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The Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada

By Majka C.G.
Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society 8: 11-29, 2012

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Contributed by v belov on 6 January, 2012 - 4:00pm

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The fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of Ontario

By Luk S.P.L., Marshall S.A., Branham M.A.
Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 16: 1-105, 2011

Full text -- hardcopy | Online version

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Contributed by v belov on 3 June, 2011 - 7:58pm

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Synopsis of the Lampyridæ of the United States

By John L. LeConte
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 9(1): pp. 15-72, 1881

Available online here: Synopsis of the Lampyridæ of the United States on JSTOR

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Contributed by Hadley L. on 27 December, 2023 - 11:11am

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea

A faunal survey of the Elateroidea of Montana

By Seibert, C.E.
M.Sc. Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 1993

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Contributed by Shane Sater on 10 December, 2021 - 12:35pm

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia

Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae).

By Knull, J.N.
Entomological News 49: 19-22., 1938

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Knull, J.N. 1938. Four new Coleoptera (Elateridae and Buprestidae). Entomological News 49: 19-22.

Conoderus browni n. sp.
Limonius flavomarginatus n. sp.
Paratyndaris tucsoni n. sp.
Paratyndaris quadrinotata n. sp.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 1 May, 2019 - 12:25pm

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