''Ellychnia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
fireflies
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...
. First defined by
Émile Blanchard
Charles Émile Blanchard (6 March 1819 – 11 February 1900) was a French zoologist and entomologist.
Career
Blanchard was born in Paris. His father was an artist and naturalist and Émile began natural history very early in life. When he was ...
in 1845, the genus contains 24 species,
which are widespread in the United States.
Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the
pronotum
The prothorax is the foremost of the three segments in the thorax of an insect, and bears the first pair of legs. Its principal sclerites (exoskeletal plates) are the pronotum (dorsal), the prosternum (ventral), and the propleuron (lateral) on e ...
;
sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different Morphology (biology), morphological characteristics, including characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. The condition occurs in most dioecy, di ...
is unknown.
These
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s are active during the day, and have no light-producing organs as adults;
instead, they attract mates using chemical signals.
The larvae of ''Ellychnia'' fireflies live in rotting logs.
Species list
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Ellychnia affinis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia albilatera
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia atra
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia aurora
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia autumnalis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia bivulneris
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia californica''
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Ellychnia cordovae
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia corrusca
''Ellychnia corrusca'', the winter firefly, is a species of firefly in the genus ''Ellychnia''. It is a lantern-less diurnal beetle common in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The adults spend winter on a colony tree, favoring ''Quercus'' (o ...
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Ellychnia facula''
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Ellychnia flavicollis
''Ellychnia flavicollis'' is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae
The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles com ...
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Ellychnia fumigata''
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Ellychnia granulicollis''
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Ellychnia greeni''
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Ellychnia hatchi''
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Ellychnia lacustris''
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Ellychnia lunicollis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia mexicana''
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Ellychnia moesta
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia obscurevittata
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia salvini
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of firefly, fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is ...
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Ellychnia sanguinicollis
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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Ellychnia simplex
''Ellychnia simplex'' is a species of firefly in the genus ''Ellychnia
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of firefly, fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adult ...
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Ellychnia variegata
''Ellychnia'' is a genus of fireflies. First defined by Émile Blanchard in 1845, the genus contains 24 species, which are widespread in the United States. Adults are black, with rose-colored marks on the pronotum; sexual dimorphism is unknown. ...
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References
Cited texts
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Lampyridae genera
Lampyridae
Beetles of North America
Taxa named by Émile Blanchard
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