Pyractomena borealis commonly known as the Spring tree-top flasher is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America, where it has a very wide distribution, as it is known from Alberta east to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and south to all US states east of the Mississippi River.[2][3][4]
| Pyractomena borealis | |
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| Pyractomena borealis seen near the shore of the Ouelle River | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Pyractomena |
| Species: | P. borealis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)
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References
edit- ^ Walker, A.; Lewis, S. (2021). "Pyractomena borealis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164044849A166771358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164044849A166771358.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Pyractomena borealis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pyractomena borealis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ^ "Pyractomena borealis species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
Further reading
edit- Majka, Christopher G. (2012). "The Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada" (PDF). Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society. 8: 11–29. ISSN 1710-4033.
- 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.
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