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Pyractomena  Melsheimer, 1846
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1157635

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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: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2021   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       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  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeCratomorphini Olivier, 1911  
                                                    GenusPyractomena Melsheimer, 1846  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena angulata (Say, 1825)  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena angustata LeConte, 1852  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena barberi Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena borealis (Randall, 1828)  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena discoidea Gorham, 1884  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena dispersa Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena dorsalis Motschulsky, 1854  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena ecostata (LeConte, 1878)  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena floridana Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena galeata E. Olivier, 1899  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena gamma (Jacquelin Du Val in Sagra, 1857)  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena gorhami McDermott, 1966  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena heterodoxa (Leng and Mutchler, 1922)  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena limbicollis Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena linearis LeConte, 1852  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1846  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena marginalis Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena palustris Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena punctiventris LeConte, 1878  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena similis Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena sinuata Green, 1957  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena striatella Gorham, 1880  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena vexillaria Gorham, 1881  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena vitticollis Motschulsky, 1853  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena watsoni Leng and Mutchler, 1922  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kazantsev, Sergey V., and Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Russian Entomological Journal, vol. 17, no. 4   
  Page(s): 353-388   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0132-8069   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Keller, Oliver, and Marc A. Branham   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Miscellaneous notes on the fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott's 1966 Catalogue of Lampyridae I   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insecta Mundi, vol. 0656   
  Page(s): 1-6   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1942-1354   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds.   
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea   
  Page(s): 187-196   
  Publisher: CRC Press LLC   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-0954-9   
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  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: Pyractomena   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lampyridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9   
  Page(s): 149   
  Publisher: Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk   
  Publication Place: 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands   
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  Notes: The author's name is mistakenly given as 'McDermot' on the cover and title page, but on page 1 of the work it correctly lists McDermott   
  Reference for: Pyractomena   
       

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