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Species Photinus concisus

Photinus concisus Lloyd - Photinus concisus Photinus concisus Lloyd - Photinus concisus Photinus concisus Lloyd - Photinus concisus Photinus concisus - 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 Lucidotini
Genus Photinus
Species concisus (Photinus concisus)
Explanation of Names
Photinus concisus Lloyd, 1968
named for short flash pattern interval and short female delay as compared with its close relative, P. pyralis (1)
Numbers
nearly 50 spp. n. of Mex. (2)
Size
8.9-12.5 mm (1)
Range
c. TX: Gillispie, Kerr, Uvalde (1), Travis Co. (3), and possibly Bandera Co. based on tentative det. of spmns in the TAMUIC.(4)
Season
May-June (1)(3)
Remarks
Type Locality: 1 mi. NE Kerrville on RR 16, Kerr Co., Texas.
See Also
male ventral segment 5 entirely black ... P. concisus Lloyd
male ventral segment 5 with pale apical margin ... P. pyralis (Linnaeus) (1)

Photinus pyralis (Linnaeus)
Print References
Green, J.W. 1956. Revision of the Nearctic species of Photinus (Lampyridae: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 561–613. (5)
Lloyd, J.A. 1968. A new Photinus firefly, with notes on mating behavior and a possible case of character displacement (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 22(1): 1-10. (1)
Works Cited
1.A new Photinus firefly, with notes on mating behavior and a possible case of character displacement (Coleoptera: Lampyridae).
Lloyd, J.E. 1968. The Coleopterists Bulletin 22(1): 1-10.
2.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
3.Abundance and distribution of potential arthropod prey species in a typical Golden-cheeked Warbler habitat.
Quinn, M.A. 2000. Unpublished Thesis. Texas A&M University, College Station. ix + 182 pp.
4.Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)
5.Revision of the Nearctic species of Photinus (Lampyridae: Coleoptera).
Green, J.W. 1956. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 28: 561–613.