Pyractomena borealis
{{short description|Species of beetle}}
{{Speciesbox
| genus = Pyractomena
| image = Pyractomena borealis01.JPG
| image_caption = Pyractomena borealis seen near the shore of the Ouelle River
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| species = borealis
| authority = (Randall, 1828)
}}
Pyractomena borealis commonly known as the Spring tree-top flasher is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America, where it has a very wide distribution, as it is known from Alberta east to the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and south to all US states east of the Mississippi River.
References
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{{Cite web| title=Pyractomena borealis Report
| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=722445
| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Pyractomena borealis
| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/1162783
| website=GBIF
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
{{Cite web| title=Pyractomena borealis species Information
| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/307318
| website=BugGuide.net
| accessdate=2019-09-23
}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite journal
| title = The Lampyridae (Coleoptera) of Atlantic Canada
| date = 2012
| last1 = Majka | first1 = Christopher G.
| journal = Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society
| volume = 8| pages = 11–29
| issn = 1710-4033
| url = http://www.acadianes.ca/journal/papers/majka_11-13.pdf
}}
- {{Cite journal
| title = Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
| date = 2009
| last1 = Kazantsev | first1 = Sergey V.
| last2 = Perez-Gelabert | first2 = Daniel E.
| journal = Russian Entomological Journal
| volume = 17| issue = 4| pages = 353–388
| issn = 0132-8069
| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259383272
}}
- {{Cite book
| title = Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea
| date = 2007
| editor-last1 = Lobl | editor-first1 = I.
| editor-last2 = Smetana | editor-first2 = A.
| publisher = Apollo Books
| isbn = 978-8788757675
}}
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Category:Bioluminescent insects
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Category:Beetles described in 1828
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