Firefly Tuco (Pyrophorus punctatissimus)

Firefly Tuco

Pyrophorus punctatissimus

Tuco Luciérnaga

Family: Elateridae
Order: Coleoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Records from Argentina

Other common names: Tuco, Tuco Punteado.

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Last published photographs

Photography ID: 668408
Adult
Reserva Eco Educativa Las Corzuelas
Catamarca
Argentina
01/05/2026
Ramón Vera

Photography ID: 668406
Adult
Reserva Eco Educativa Las Corzuelas
Catamarca
Argentina
01/05/2026
Ramón Vera

Photography ID: 667098
Adult
Cabana, Unquillo
Córdoba
Argentina
01/12/2026
Manuel Eduardo Serra

Photography ID: 624257
Adult
Las Calles
Córdoba
Argentina
02/04/2025
Eduardo Nadal

Photography ID: 619258
Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/17/2025
Gustavo Puente

Photography ID: 619257
Adult
Gualeguaychú
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/17/2025
Gustavo Puente

Photography ID: 575076
Adult
Las Calles
Córdoba
Argentina
02/10/2024
Eduardo Nadal

Photography ID: 563545
Adult
Arrecifes
Buenos Aires
Argentina
01/06/2024
Soledad González Arismendi

Photography ID: 561797
Adult
A Parque Nacional El Palmar (-31,853567, -58,323517)
Entre Ríos
Argentina
11/29/2023
Selena Sanchez

Photography ID: 501354
Adult
Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
03/15/2022
Néstor Trossero

Photography ID: 488999
Adult
Esperanza
Santa Fe
Argentina
12/23/2021
Pablo Capovilla

Photography ID: 477898
Adult
Paraná
Entre Ríos
Argentina
12/20/2021
Néstor Trossero

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Last Filmings published

Video ID: 4213
Adult
San Francisco del Monte de Oro
San Luis
Argentina
01/18/2020
Verónica Paredes

Video ID: 212
♂ Adult
Colonia "la Matilde" (departamento Federación)
Entre Ríos
Argentina
01/13/2013
Carlos M. Grassini

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2415156

12/01/2026

Argentina

Córdoba

Reserva Natural Los Quebrachitos, Cabana, Unquillo

Manuel Eduardo Serra

2418350

05/01/2026

Argentina

Catamarca

San José / Sierra de Ancasti, Reserva Eco Educativa Las Corzuelas

Ramón Vera

2256004

04/02/2025

Argentina

Córdoba

Las Calles

Eduardo Nadal

2237983

17/01/2025

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Gualeguaychú

Gustavo Puente

2269589

01/12/2024

Argentina

Jujuy

Parque Nacional Calilegua

Nicolas Olejnik

2008784

10/02/2024

Argentina

Córdoba

Las Calles

Eduardo Nadal

1940065

06/01/2024

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Arrecifes

Soledad González Arismendi

1934843

29/11/2023

Argentina

Entre Ríos

A Parque Nacional El Palmar (-31,853567, -58,323517)

Selena Sanchez

1613887

15/03/2022

Argentina

Entre Ríos

Zona urbana, Paraná

Néstor Trossero

1567499

23/12/2021

Argentina

Santa Fe

Cullen 905, Esperanza

Pablo Capovilla

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