Checklist of Fireflies (Lampyridae) in Vermont, USA

Kent McFarland

doi:10.15468/hag948

Checklist of Fireflies (Lampyridae) in Vermont, USA

Citation

McFarland K (2022). Checklist of Fireflies (Lampyridae) in Vermont, USA. Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/hag948 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-15.

Description

This is a checklist of the known species of fireflies (Lampyridae) recorded in Vermont. The checklist is derived from Fallon, C., A. Walker, S. Lewis, and S. Jepsen (2022). State of the Fireflies of the United States and Canada: Distributions, Threats, and Conservation Recommendations. 64 pp. Portland, OR: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-fireflies-of-united-states-and-canada, with additional verified records from the Vermont Atlas of Life on iNaturalist and other occurrence records at GBIF.

The checklist is comprised of 13 confirmed species. Five additional species may be found in Vermont, but lack verified records. Fallon et. al (2022) listed this three species as having "no known records but habitat or locality is appropriate and species may occur here" for Vermont and records exist in nearby states of provinces: Photinus macdermotti, P. marginellus, and P. obscurellus. Additionally, there are many photo-observations of P. pyralis shared with iNaturalist.org, but these are of adults which are difficult to reliably identify. Pyractomena linearis is known from a few records nearby in New Hampshire and Quebec. There may be additional species but Vermont has not been fully surveyed.

Two species are recommended as Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Vermont by Fallon et. al (2022): Pyractomena dispersa and P. sinuata. Neither of these species have occurrence localities in GBIF yet.

Sampling Description

Study Extent

State of Vermont, USA

Sampling

Examined distribution information from literature, museum specimens, and occurrence records at GBIF.

Quality Control

Occurrence records were examined for accuracy.

Method steps

This checklist relied mostly on the State of Fireflies report, with additional records from GBIF.

Taxonomic Coverages

All known fireflies (Lampyridae) that have been documented in Vermont, USA.

Lampyridae
common name: fireflies rank: family

Geographic Coverages

State of Vermont, USA

Bibliographic Citations

Fallon, C., A. Walker, S. Lewis, and S. Jepsen. 2022. State of the Fireflies of the United States and Canada: Distributions, Threats, and Conservation Recommendations. 64 pp. Portland, OR: The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. https://xerces.org/publications/scientific-reports/state-of-fireflies-of-united-states-and-canada -

Contacts

Kent McFarland
originator
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
Telephone: 802-649-1431
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Kent McFarland
metadata author
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
Telephone: 802-649-1431
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Kent McFarland
user
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
Telephone: 802-649-1431
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503

Kent McFarland
administrative point of contact
position: conservation biologist
Vermont Center for Ecostudies
Norwich
05055
Vermont
US
Telephone: 802-649-1431
email: kmcfarland@vtecostudies.org
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7809-5503