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Source: Wikipedia
Pyractomena lucifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
Family: | Lampyridae |
Genus: | Pyractomena |
Species: | P. lucifera
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Binomial name | |
Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845
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Pyractomena lucifera is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America.[2][3][4]
Its range is divided into two subpopulations; one from the Great Lakes region east to New York and south to Maryland, and the other from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma. It is a wetland specialist and is threatened by habitat destruction for housing and commercial areas, as well as light pollution.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Walker, A.; Pfeiffer, B. (2021). "Pyractomena lucifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164044928A166771388. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164044928A166771388.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Pyractomena lucifera Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pyractomena lucifera". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pyractomena lucifera species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ Walker, A. & Pfeiffer, B. (2021). "Pyractomena lucifera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164044928A166771388.
Further reading
[edit]- Luk, Stephen P. L.; Marshall, Stephen A.; Branham, Marc A. (2011). "The Fireflies of Ontario (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification. 16: 1–105. doi:10.3752/cjai.2011.16.
- Kazantsev, Sergey V.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2009). "Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 17 (4): 353–388. ISSN 0132-8069.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.