''Pyractomena punctiventris'' is a species in the family Lampyridae (fireflies), in the order Coleoptera (beetles).
It is found in
North America
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, where it is known from east-central
Texas
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south to
Veracruz
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,
Mexico
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.
References
Further reading
* American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea, Arnett, R.H. Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
* American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico, Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
* McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed. (1966). Lampyridae. ''Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9'', 149.
* Peterson Field Guides: Beetles, Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Lampyridae
Bioluminescent insects
Beetles described in 1878
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