Species
Ellychnia californica (California glowworm)
Ellychnia californica. Photo: (c) Theodore Lee, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Ellychnia californica, known generally as the California glowworm or western firefly, is a species of firefly in the family of beetles known as Lampyridae. It is found in North America.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
- Superfamily: Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)
- Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies)
- Subfamily: Lampyrinae (Typical fireflies)
- Tribe: Photinini
- Genus: Ellychnia (Diurnal fireflies)
- Species: Ellychnia californica (California glowworm)
- Genus: Ellychnia (Diurnal fireflies)
- Tribe: Photinini
- Subfamily: Lampyrinae (Typical fireflies)
- Family: Lampyridae (Fireflies)
- Superfamily: Elateroidea (Click, firefly, and soldier beetles)
- Infraorder: Elateriformia (Elateriform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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