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Maryland Checklist - Category: Fireflies - all-time (Total: 33)   

	Photos	Common Name	Genus	Species	Records	Category	Family	Order	Class	Kingdom
1		Marsh Flicker	Pyractomena	dispersa	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
2		July Comets	Photuris	lucicrescens	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
3		Snappy Single Sync	Photuris	frontalis	5	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
4		Bethany Beach Firefly	Photuris	bethaniensis	5	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
5		No Common Name	Photinus	sabulosus	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
6		No Common Name	Photinus	consanguineus/indictus/macdermotti	4	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
7		No Common Name	Photinus	ardens	0	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
8		Belted Firefly	Photuris	cinctipennis	5	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
9		Keel-necked Firefly	Pyractomena	ecostata	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
10		Little Gray Firefly	Photinus	marginellus	3	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
11		Black Firefly	Lucidota	atra	135	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
12		Variable Triple Flash	Photuris	versicolor	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
13		No Common Name	Photuris	sp.	206	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
14		Dot-dash Firefly	Photuris	pensylvanica	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
15		No Common Name	Pyractomena	sp.	65	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
16		Spotted Firefly	Lucidota	punctata	4	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
17		Spring Tree-Top Flasher	Pyractomena	borealis	39	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
18		Silent Firefly	Photinus	indictus	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
19		Salt Marsh Firefly	Photuris	salina	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
20		Murky Flash-Train	Photinus	obscurellus	4	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
21		Mysterious Lantern Firefly	Photuris	mysticalampas	4	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
22		No Common Name	Photinus	greeni	0	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
23		Ignited Firefly	Photinus	ignitus	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
24		No Common Name	Photinus	consimilis	0	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
25		No Common Name	Photinus	scintillans	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
26		Cook's Firefly	Photinus	cookii	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
27		Heebie-Jeebie Firefly	Photuris	hebes	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
28		Winter Firefly	Ellychnia	corrusca	142	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
29		Marsh Imp	Pyractomena	lucifera	2	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
30		Potomac Firefly	Photuris	potomaca	0	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
31		Eastern Firefly	Photinus	pyralis	37	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
32		Branched Polly	Pollaclasis	bifaria	1	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia
33		No Common Name	Pyropyga	decipiens	3	Fireflies	Lampyridae	Coleoptera	Insecta	Animalia