Pyractomena borealis | |
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Pyractomena borealis seen near the shore of the Ouelle River | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Lampyridae |
Genus: | Pyractomena |
Species: | P. borealis
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Binomial name | |
Pyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)
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Pyractomena borealis commonly known as the Spring tree-top flasher is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America, where it has a very wide distribution, as it is known from Alberta east to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and south to all US states east of the Mississippi River.[2][3][4]