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