FIREFLY GENUS PYRACTONEMA McDERMOTT 



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Figures 4—5. — Aedeagus: 4, Pyractonema depressicornis; 5, Pyractonema haemorrhoa. {a, 

 lateral view; b, dorsal view; and c, ventral view.) 



segment. In the male, segment 8 is narrow except for the lobes 

 carrying the luminous tissue and bulbous over the aedeagus. In the 

 female, 8 is small and raised medially over the ovidepositor. Male 

 7th is deeply emarginate, sometimes with a small median point. 



Legs black, compressed, shorter in female. Tibial spurs very short, 

 pattern apparently 0-1-1. Claws without basal spurs. 



Aedeagus as in figure 4. 



This is an easily recognizable species, of which 37 specimens were 

 received, only two being females. Many of them were longer than the 

 14.3 mm. maximum given by Solier, and one was as small as 1 1 mm. 



