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1 December 2015 An Isolated Occurrence of Pyractomena ecostata (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in the Mid-Atlantic with New Records from New Jersey and Delaware
Christopher M. Heckscher, James E. Lloyd
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Abstract

Pyractomena ecostata is an uncommon firefly primarily associated with brackish tidal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of Florida. A geographically isolated occurrence is known from coastal southern New Jersey. Herein, we report 2 unpublished locality records from Kent County, DE, that expands the range of the Mid-Atlantic population into the Delaware Bay Estuary. We also report a previously unpublished modern-day record from Cape May County, NJ, perhaps the first New Jersey specimen secured since 1898. These data bring the total known number of Mid-Atlantic collection sites to 6. Although the species is very rare in the Mid-Atlantic, the disjunct population remains extant and therefore should be considered a significant inventory and conservation target due to impending sea-level rise and the spread of the invasive Phragmites australis (Common Reed).

Christopher M. Heckscher and James E. Lloyd "An Isolated Occurrence of Pyractomena ecostata (LeConte) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in the Mid-Atlantic with New Records from New Jersey and Delaware," Northeastern Naturalist 22(4), (1 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.1656/045.022.0418
Published: 1 December 2015
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