Bethany Beach firefly

Photuris bethaniensis · ECOS entity 11573

In plain words

Federal ESA status Proposed Threatened

The Bethany Beach firefly is proposed for listing as threatenedthreatened: Likely to become endangered soon.. The listing is not final yet. This is the U.S. federal status. It is not the IUCN Red List or a state list. No upcoming date is on the record.

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Timeline for Bethany Beach firefly
StepStatutory dateWorkplan or court-ordered datePublished (Federal Register)
90-day finding90-day finding: The agency's first answer to a petition, saying whether it is worth a full review.
Statutory date August 18, 2019 (90-day finding, 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)). Federal Register coverage starts October 24, 2024; earlier publications are not on the record yet. 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A) Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.
Statute wording for this date: "to the maximum extent practicable". 16 U.S.C. 1533(b)(3)(A)
Not in the workplan Not published as of October 24, 2026

Petitions

  • “Petition for █████████████████ of the Bethany Beach Firefly (Photuris bethaniensis) Under the Endangered Species Act and to ███████████████████████████████████████”: petition date (active). Source: ECOS petitions report, ECOS species profile. Petition linked to this species: inferred from the petition title.

Identifiers and sources

This record
https://conservanode.org/id/species/11573
ECOS
Species profile 10773