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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Fireflies (Lampyridae) » Photurinae » Bicellonycha » Bicellonycha wickershamorum

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Copyright © 2010 Doug Danforth

Lampyrid - Bicellonycha wickershamorum

Bear Canyon, Huachuca Mts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
June 30, 2009

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Lampyrid - Bicellonycha wickershamorum

Lampyrid - Bicellonycha wickershamorum

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Contributed by Doug Danforth on 13 November, 2010 - 4:40pm
Last updated 11 August, 2016 - 1:02am

Nice

Nice genus addition. I'm unfamiliar with this one. Moved from Photinus.

… Stephen Luk, 14 October, 2011 - 12:21pm

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this is a male Bicellonycha w

this is a male Bicellonycha w. wickershamorum. A true sky-island firefly as it is the only member of the large neotropical genus to make it up here into our mountains. Note the black elytra with yellow margins and elytral suture. Dark black median pronotal vitta, acute hind pronotal corners, all contrast with Photinus knulli, the only Photinus in that area, having concolorous grey elytra, small pronotal spot and rounded hind corners. Best place to see this species is Scotia Cyn. Also the Canelo Hills Nature Conservancy has a good population. Also MuleShoe of the Galliuros.

… joeCicero, 14 October, 2011 - 11:58am

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Moved

Moved from Fireflies.

… Stephen Luk, 14 December, 2010 - 3:00pm

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I see you moved to fireflies

He's really showing it to you, too (-:
Nice behavioral shot

… margarethe brummermann, 18 November, 2010 - 10:53am

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Thanks Margarethe

I kept it only because it showed behavior. It was windy that day and hard to get a crisp shot of it on a wand of horsetail.

… Doug Danforth, 18 November, 2010 - 11:47am

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Moved

Moved from Soldier Beetles.

… Doug Danforth, 13 November, 2010 - 4:52pm

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