Belted Firefly Photuris cinctipennis McDermott, 1953G1 (Highly globally rare)  -  S2 (State rare)    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Coleoptera   >   Family Lampyridae   >   Genus Photuris   

Status:

Globally endangered. Known from four Maryland counties and one county in Delaware. The species is associated with "isolate forested wetlands and forested floodplain habitat." (Walker & Heckscher, 2021).

There are 5 records in the project database.

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Belted Firefly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Roshan Vignarajah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Roshan Vignarajah via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Belted Firefly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Roshan Vignarajah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Roshan Vignarajah via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Belted Firefly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Roshan Vignarajah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Roshan Vignarajah via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Belted Firefly in Montgomery Co., Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Roshan Vignarajah, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Roshan Vignarajah via iNaturalist. (MBP list)


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