Photuris
Genus of beetles
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Species
At least 64 species are currently recognized, all restricted to temperate North America. They mainly occur from the East Coast to Texas. Species include:
- Photuris aureolucens – Barber, 1951
- Photuris bethaniensis – McDermott, 1953 (Bethany Beach firefly)
- Photuris caerulucens – Barber, 1951 (slow blues)
- Photuris cinctipennis – Barber, 1951
- Photuris congener – LeConte, 1852 (Florida single snappy)
- Photuris divisa – LeConte, 1852
- Photuris fairchildi – Barber, 1951
- Photuris flavicollis – Fall, 1927
- Photuris floridana – Fall, 1927
- Photuris frontalis – LeConte, 1852 (snappy single sync)
- Photuris hebes – Barber, 1951 (heebie-jeebies)
- Photuris lineaticollis – Motschulsky, 1854
- Photuris lloydi – McDermott, 1966 (Lloyd's predator)
- Photuris lucicrescens – Barber, 1951 (July comet, big scary)
- Photuris missouriensis – McDermott, 1962
- Photuris mysticalampas – Heckscher, 2013 (mystic lanterns, mysterious lantern firefly)
- Photuris pensylvanica – De Geer, 1774 (Pennsylvania firefly)
- Photuris potomaca – Barber, 1951
- Photuris pyralomina – Barber, 1951
- Photuris quadrifulgens – Barber, 1951 (spring 4-flasher)
- Photuris salina – Barber, 1951
- Photuris tremulans – Barber, 1951 (Christmas lights)
- Photuris versicolor – Fabricius, 1798
- Photuris walldoxeyi – Faust and Davis, 2019 (cypress firefly)
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