Pyractomena lucifera

Pyractomena lucifera is a species of firefly in the beetle family Lampyridae. It is found in North America.^[2][3][4]

Pyractomena lucifera
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Genus:	Pyractomena
Species:	P. lucifera
Binomial name
Pyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1845

Its range is divided into two subpopulations; one from the Great Lakes region east to New York and south to Maryland, and the other from North Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas and Oklahoma. It is a wetland specialist and is threatened by habitat destruction for housing and commercial areas, as well as light pollution.^[5]