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Species Ellychnia greeni

Ellychnia sp. - Firefly beetle? - Ellychnia greeni

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 greeni (Ellychnia greeni)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ellychnia greeni Fender 1961

Explanation of Names

Fender named this species in honor of lampyrid worker John Wagner Green.

Size

9.5-13 mm(1)

Identification

Separated from similar species in its range by the following characters:

Two elytral costae evident

Pronotal vittae do not have a pair of spots along the inner margin (as in E. facula), and usually do not reach the hind margin of the pronotum

Range

Found along the west coast from southern British Columbia to northern California.(1)

See Also

Ellychnia facula

Works Cited

1.	Ellychnia of Western North America

Contributed by v belov on 14 December, 2010 - 8:46am
Additional contributions by Stephen Luk
Last updated 14 December, 2010 - 3:33pm

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