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

Species Ellychnia megista

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Ellychnia californica? - Ellychnia megista black beetle with 2 orange stripes - Ellychnia megista black beetle with 2 orange stripes - Ellychnia megista Punk Beetle - Ellychnia megista Ellychnia californica? - Ellychnia megista Ellychnia californica? - Ellychnia megista
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 megista (Ellychnia megista)
Explanation of Names
Ellychnia megista Fender 1970
megista 'largest' [the largest western species(1)]
Size
13.5‒18 mm
Identification
can be distinguished by black pubescence; CA distribution; convex median portion of pronotum finely punctate and shining; pronotum bicolored; with broad, uninterrupted, red, sub-lateral vittae from apex to base; narrow black lateral edges; and median black area with parallel-to-subparallel sides, from apex to feebly expanded base(1)
Range
CA west of the Sierra Nevada(1)
Internet References
Type specimen images from the California Academy of Sciences
Works Cited
1.Ellychnia of western North America (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
K.M. Fender. 1970. Northwest Science 44: 31-43.
Contributed by Aaron Schusteff on 16 June, 2012 - 2:14pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 23 October, 2024 - 10:31pm

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