Photuris pensylvanica (De Geer)

Lampyris pensylvanica De Geer 1174: 52 [original combination]

Photuris vittigera Motschulsky 1854: 60 syn. [???]

Photuris marginata Panzer 1789: 31 syn. [???]

Photuris pensylvanicus (De Geer) [new combination by Laporte 1833: 144]

Pyrectosoma pensylvanica (De Geer) [new combination by Motschulsky 1854: 39]

Telephoroides pennsylvanica (De Geer) [new combination by Lacordaire 1857: 339]

Photuris pennsylvanicus (De Geer) [revised combination by Gorham 1880b: 105]

DISTRIBUTION: THE BAHAMAS: (Leng & Mutchler 1922; Blackwelder 1945; McDermott 1966; Blackwelder & Arnett 1974)

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, Pennsylvania

TYPE DEPOSITORY: lost (pers. comm. Jim Lloyd)

REMARKS: McDermott (1966) also listed the U.S.A., Mecixo, Central America, and Guiana for its distribution.