The Xerces Society submitted this petition for listing the Southwest spring firefly (Bicellonycha wickershamorum) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in 2023.
The Florida intertidal firefly, also known by the common names mangrove firefly and fiddler crab firefly, is a habitat specialist found only in the mangroves and salt marshes of coastal Florida and the Bahamas. Belonging to a tropical branch of the firefly family tree, this species is the only member of its genus in the United States.
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