Photo 915257, (c) Ken-ichi Ueda, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ken-ichi Ueda

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What

Western Banded Glowworm (Zarhipis integripennis)

Observer

kueda

Date

June 5, 2014 09:26 PM PDT

Description

There are apprently 3 legit species of Zarhipis: Z. integripennis, Z. tiemanni, and Z. truncaticeps. Z. tiemanni has abbreviated, pointed elytra, so it's not that. Z. truncaticeps doesn't seem to have any pics online, but Evans and Hogue describe it as having an abdomen that is black on top, so not that. Evans & Hogue also suggest the last two are more SW desert species.

As Constance pointed out to me when I showed her this pic, you can tell this is a male b/c it looks like a beetle. Females are larviform.

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