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

Species Pyractomena punctiventris

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 punctiventris (Pyractomena punctiventris)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pyractomena punctiventris (LeConte)
Orig. Comb: Photinus (Pyractosoma) punctiventris LeConte, 1878
This taxon is part of the Pyractomena lucifera (complex)
Size
13 mm (LeConte, 1878)
Identification

Det. B. Pfeiffer, 2016
Range
e., c. & s. Texas - Map (1)(2)(3), apparently the most widely dist. sp. within TX
Remarks
Type series: "Texas; three males; Austin, Mrs. V. O. King; Bosque Co., G. W. Belfrage" (LeConte, 1878)
Print References
LeConte, J.L. 1878. Additional descriptions of new species. In: E.A. Schwarz. The Coleoptera of Florida. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 17: 353-472. (Full Text)
Internet References
Type - MCZC, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
2.On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new.
Lloyd, J.E. 2003. Florida Entomologist 86(2): 99–113.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 6 January, 2013 - 8:38pm
Last updated 13 June, 2021 - 2:26pm

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