Photuris pensylvanica

Pennsylvania firefly
Photuris pensylvanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Genus: Photuris
Species:
P. pensylvanica
Binomial name
Photuris pensylvanica
Synonyms

Photuris pennsylvanica
Photuris pensylvanicus
Photuris pennsylvanicus

Photuris pensylvanica, known by the common names Pennsylvania firefly, lightning bug,[3] dot-dash firefly[4] and (in its larval state) glowworm,[5] is a species of firefly from the United States and Canada.[3][5] It is also widely known under the Latin name Photuris pennsylvanica, although the original spelling,[2] with one "n", was common in Latinized names of the time and remains the valid name.

  1. ^ Heckscher, C.; Walker, A. (2021). "Photuris pensylvanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T164045826A166771503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T164045826A166771503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b De Geer, Charles (1774). Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes, vol. 4. Stockholm: Grefing & Hesselberg. pp. 52–53. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Pennsylvania State Insect - Firefly". Statesymbolsusa.org. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  4. ^ Anna Walker (Albuquerque Biopark, New Mexico); University), Christopher Heckscher (Delaware State (2020-08-24). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Photuris pensylvanica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  5. ^ a b "NatureServe Explorer Species Index: Genus Photuris". Archived from the original on September 3, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-15.