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

Species Pyractomena ecostata

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Print References · Internet References
Firefly - Pyractomena ecostata Pyractomena ecostata - male Pyractomena ecostata - male
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 ecostata (Pyractomena ecostata)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyractomena ecostata LeConte 1878
Size
11.5-16 mm
Identification
The following combination of characters is unique for this species: nearly glabrous dorsal surface, short subcylindric antennae (three-quarters length of pronotum), truncate apex of pronotum, pale costae of elytron (Green 1957)
Range
southern New Jersey and Florida (Green 1957).
Habitat
Marshes
Season
Recorded from July-August in NJ. Can be found year-round in FL.
Print References
Green, J.W. 1957. Revision of the Nearctic species of Pyractomena. Wasmann Journal of Biology 15(2): 237-284.
Internet References
Habitus of specimens at Harvard University's MCZ Type Database: male female
Contributed by Stephen Luk on 18 December, 2010 - 12:49pm

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