Pyractomena angulata
| Pyractomena angulata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Pyractomena |
| Species: | P. angulata
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyractomena angulata (Say, 1825)
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Pyractomena angulata is a species of firefly in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America and is the state insect of Indiana.[1][5] It is also known as Say's Firefly and the Angle Candled Firefly.[5]
Like all Pyractomena, it has an amber-colored bioluminescence. It inhabits wetlands and is visible between May and mid-July.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Pyractomena angulata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Pyractomena angulata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Pyractomena angulata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ "Pyractomena angulata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ a b c "Say's Firefly Indiana's Official State Insect". Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
Further reading
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Kazantsev, Sergey V.; Perez-Gelabert, Daniel E. (2009). "Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Russian Entomological Journal. 17 (4): 353–388. ISSN 0132-8069.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help) - Lloyd, J.E. (2003). "On research and entomological education VI: Firefly species and lists, old and new". Florida Entomologist. 86 (2): 99–113.
- Lloyd, James E. (2002). Arnett, Ross H. Jr.; Thomas, Michael C.; Skelley, Paul E.; Frank, J.H. (eds.). Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. American Beetles vol. 2, Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. pp. 187–196. ISBN 0-8493-0954-9.
- McDermott, F.A. (1966). Steel, W.O. (ed.). "Lampyridae". Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9. Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links
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