Biology:Pyractomena lucifera

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Short description: Species of beetle

Pyractomena lucifera
Pyractomena lucifera.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Pyractomena
Species:
P. lucifera
Binomial name
Pyractomena lucifera
Melsheimer, 1845

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

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q2250864 entry