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Species Pleotomus nigripennis

Saw this while hiking late at night - Pleotomus nigripennis Firefly larva - Pleotomus nigripennis Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte - Pleotomus nigripennis - male Beetle A ventral 5.30.17 - Pleotomus nigripennis Beetle A size 5.30.17 - Pleotomus nigripennis Pleotomus nigripennis? - Pleotomus nigripennis
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 Pleotomini
Genus Pleotomus
Species nigripennis (Pleotomus nigripennis)
Explanation of Names
Pleotomus nigripennis LeConte 1885
Identification
females should be all pink with short elytra and bipectinate antennae, but they remain undiscovered (Joe Cicero, comment, 2013)
Range
AZ to w. TX - Map (1)(2)(3)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico ("The Leng Catalogue")
Charles W. Leng. 1920. John D. Sherman, Jr., Mount Vernon, NY. x + 470 pp.
2.Biotic Resources of Indio Mountains Research Station: Southeastern Hudspeth County, Texas.
Worthington, R.D., C. Lieb and W. Anderson. 2010. Authors, El Paso, Texas. 85 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)