Photuris pensylvanica
Photuris pensylvanica, known by the common names Pennsylvania firefly, lightning bug, dot-dash firefly and (in its larval state) glowworm, is a species of firefly from the United States and Canada. It is also widely known under the Latin name Photuris pennsylvanica, although the original spelling, with one "n", was common in Latinized names of the time and remains the valid name.
| Pennsylvania firefly | |
|---|---|
| Photuris pensylvanica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Genus: | Photuris |
| Species: | P. pensylvanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Photuris pensylvanica De Geer, 1774 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Photuris pennsylvanica | |
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