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Pyractomena
Genus of beetles
Pyractomena is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae. There are at least 20 described species in Pyractomena.
01Species
- Pyractomena angulata Say, 1825, Say's firefly, candle firefly
- Pyractomena angustata LeConte, 1851
- Pyractomena barberi Green, 1957
- Pyractomena borealis Randall, 1828, spring treetop flasher)
- Pyractomena discoidea Gorham, 1884
- Pyractomena dispersa Green, 1957, marsh flicker
- Pyractomena dorsalis Motschulsky, 1854
- Pyractomena ecostata LeConte, 1878
- Pyractomena floridana Green, 1957
- Pyractomena galeata E. Olivier, 1899
- Pyractomena gamma Jacquelin Du Val in Sagra, 1857
- Pyractomena gorhami McDermott, 1966
- Pyractomena heterodoxa Leng and Mutchler, 1922
- Pyractomena limbicollis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena linearis LeConte, 1852, marsh gray
- Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845, marsh imp
- Pyractomena marginalis Green, 1957, marginal firefly
- Pyractomena palustris Green, 1957, marsh diver
- Pyractomena punctiventris LeConte, 1878
- Pyractomena similis Green, 1957
- Pyractomena sinuata Green, 1957
- Pyractomena striatella Gorham, 1880
- Pyractomena vexillaria Gorham, 1881
- Pyractomena vitticollis Motschulsky, 1853
- Pyractomena watsoni Leng and Mutchler, 1922
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