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Sclerotia  Ballantyne in Ballantyne et al., 2016
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1157619

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyElateroidea Leach, 1815  
                                           FamilyLampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs  
                                              SubfamilyLuciolinae Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                 TribeLuciolini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusSclerotia Ballantyne in Ballantyne et al., 2016  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia aquatilis (Thancharoen in Thancharoen et al., 2007)  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia brahmina (Bourgeois, 1890)  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia carinata (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia flavida (Hope, 1845)  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia fui Ballantyne in Ballantyne et al., 2016  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia seriata (E. Olivier, 1891)  
                                                       SpeciesSclerotia substriata (Gorham, 1880)  
       

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  Source: The Lampyridae of the World Database, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Keller, O. 2024. The Lampyridae of the World Database https://lampyridae.world   
  Reference for: Sclerotia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ballantyne, Esley A., Christine L. Lambkin, Xin Luan, Yuvarin Boontop, Sorasak Nak-Eiam et al.   
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Further studies on south eastern Asian Luciolinae: 1. Sclerotia Ballantyne, a new genus of fireflies with back swimming larvae 2. Triangulara Pimpasalee, a new genus from Thailand (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4170, no. 2   
  Page(s): 201-249   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.2.1 ; available online at https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4170.2.1 ; last author listed is A. Thancharoen   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ballantyne, L. A., C. L. Lambkin, J.- Z. Ho, W. F. A. Jusoh, B. Nada, S. Nak-Eiam et al.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4687, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-174   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: remaining authors are: A. Thancharoen, W. Wattanachaiyingcharoen and V. Yiu   
  Reference for: Sclerotia   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Gavin J., Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira et al.   
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insect Systematics and Diversity, vol. 3, issue 6   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2399-3421   
  Notes: remaining authors: X. Lui, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon, and S. M. Bybee. Corrections to publicaton online 17 December, 2019   
  Reference for: Sclerotia   
       

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