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Keel-necked Firefly

Pyractomena ecostata

Classification

Class
Insecta

Pyractomena ecostata, the keel-necked firefly, is an endangered species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is endemic to the United States, where it has a disjunct distribution of two widely geographically separate regions; one in coastal regions around the Mobile Bay region of Alabama and east through most of peninsular Florida, and the other in saltmarshes surrounding Delaware Bay and Cape May in the states of Delaware and New Jersey. This distribution is likely real and not just a consequence of selective sampling, as it is a distinctive species and would be easily detected.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 12