Phausis inaccensa

Phausis inaccensa, also known as the "shadow ghost", is a species of firefly in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae.[1][2][3][4] It is found in North America.[1] The larviform females of the species are bioluminescent, whereas the males are winged but lanternless.[5]

Phausis inaccensa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Lamprohizinae
Genus: Phausis
Species:
P. inaccensa
Binomial name
Phausis inaccensa
LeConte, 1878

References

  1. "Phausis inaccensa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. "Phausis inaccensa species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. "Phausis inaccensa". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "Phausis inaccensa Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. "Bringing Light to the Lives of the Shadow Ghosts" American Entomologist. Retrieved 2019-07-25.

Further reading

  • Fender, Kenneth M. (1966). "The Genus Phausis in America North of Mexico (Coleoptera-Lampyridae)". Northwest Science. 40: 83–95.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.


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