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Lucidota Laporte, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722423

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Phyllogaster Gistel, 1834
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
	Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815
	Family	Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs
	Subfamily	Lampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815
	Tribe	Lucidotini Lacordaire, 1857
	Genus	Lucidota Laporte, 1833
		Direct Children:
	Species	Lucidota albicollis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Lucidota albocincta (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota albocornuta (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota amabilis (Gorham, 1880)
	Species	Lucidota angustata (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Lucidota antennata Laporte, 1833
	Species	Lucidota antonioi Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota apicalis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota apicicornis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota apicipennis (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota appendiculata (Germar, 1824)
	Species	Lucidota approximans E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Lucidota argentina (Pic, 1928)
	Species	Lucidota armata (Gorham, 1884)
	Species	Lucidota atra (G. Olivier, 1790)
	Species	Lucidota audax E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Lucidota aurantiaca (Pic, 1929)
	Species	Lucidota baeri (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota banghaasi Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota banoni Laporte, 1833
	Species	Lucidota basalis Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota bella Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota bicellonycha McDermott, 1958
	Species	Lucidota bicolor Kirsch, 1873
	Species	Lucidota binotata (Pic, 1929)
	Species	Lucidota binotatens McDermott, 1966
	Species	Lucidota bipartita Pic, 1927
	Species	Lucidota blanchardi E. Olivier, 1899
	Species	Lucidota bogotensis (Pic, 1931)
	Species	Lucidota bruneri Mutchler, 1923
	Species	Lucidota caucaensis Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota chevrolati Mutchler, 1923
	Species	Lucidota chiriquiana Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota cincta (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Lucidota clermonti Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota comitata Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota complanata Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota compressicornis (Fabricius, 1801)
	Species	Lucidota conformis E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Lucidota conradti (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota consors E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota costata Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota cucullata E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Lucidota dejeani Lucas, 1859
	Species	Lucidota diaphanura Gorham, 1881
	Species	Lucidota difformis Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota dilaticornis (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Lucidota discivittata Pic, 1943
	Species	Lucidota discoidalis (Laporte, 1833)
	Species	Lucidota discoidea McDermott, 1966
	Species	Lucidota discolor Gorham, 1881
	Species	Lucidota dissimilis E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota duplicata E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Lucidota elapsa E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota elongata (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Lucidota emerita E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Lucidota eucera E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota fenestrata Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota flabellicornis (Fabricius, 1781)
	Species	Lucidota flavipes (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Lucidota fraudata E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Lucidota fulgurans Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota fulvotincta Mutchler, 1923
	Species	Lucidota fuscata Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota geniculata Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota gounelli (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota grandjeani (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota heterocera E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Lucidota heteroclita E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota heynei Pic, 1941
	Species	Lucidota hickeri Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota immemor E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota inaperta E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Lucidota inapicalis Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota incompta Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota ingloria E. Olivier, 1899
	Species	Lucidota insignita E. Olivier, 1911
	Species	Lucidota interrupta (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota invida (E. Olivier, 1910)
	Species	Lucidota jucunda (E. Olivier, 1888)
	Species	Lucidota latealba (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota laticornis Pic, 1943
	Species	Lucidota latior Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota lecontei (Kirsch, 1873)
	Species	Lucidota limbata Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota liturata E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Lucidota lunata (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Lucidota luteicollis (LeConte, 1878)
	Species	Lucidota luteohumeralis Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota macrescens E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota marginicollis Lucas, 1859
	Species	Lucidota mellicula E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota misera E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Lucidota monacha E. Olivier, 1911
	Species	Lucidota nobilis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota oblongonotata E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Lucidota olivieri Pic, 1938
	Species	Lucidota ornata E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota osculatii (Guérin-Méneville, 1855)
	Species	Lucidota pallidicollis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1846)
	Species	Lucidota pallipes McDermott, 1966
	Species	Lucidota parallela (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota parilis E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota parvicollis E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Lucidota pectinata (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Lucidota pennata Dejean, 1837
	Species	Lucidota perpusilla E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Lucidota peruviana (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota phyllocera (Wiedemann, 1821)
	Species	Lucidota planicornis (Fabricius, 1801)
	Species	Lucidota plaumanni Pic, 1939
	Species	Lucidota premarginalis Pic, 1938
	Species	Lucidota probata E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota proscripta E. Olivier, 1906
	Species	Lucidota proxima Gorham, 1880
	Species	Lucidota puertoestrellaensis Keller and Martin, 2024
	Species	Lucidota punctata (LeConte, 1852)
	Species	Lucidota purulana (Gorham, 1884)
	Species	Lucidota pygidialis E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Lucidota pygmaea E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota ramicornis Pic, 1932
	Species	Lucidota reductitincta Pic, 1943
	Species	Lucidota roseimaculata (Blanchard in Brullé, 1844)
	Species	Lucidota rufescens Pic, 1935
	Species	Lucidota rufithorax (E. Olivier, 1911)
	Species	Lucidota saepta E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Lucidota serricornis E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota severa (E. Olivier, 1911)
	Species	Lucidota sexguttata E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Lucidota signaticollis Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota signaticornis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Lucidota simoni E. Olivier, 1900
	Species	Lucidota sinuaticollis Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota sparsicolor E. Olivier, 1913
	Species	Lucidota subdubitata Mutchler, 1923
	Species	Lucidota submaculata (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Lucidota subnigra Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota supplex E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota taciturna E. Olivier, 1906
	Species	Lucidota tardita E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Lucidota tenuecincta E. Olivier, 1911
	Species	Lucidota tenuis E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Lucidota testaceipes (Pic, 1927)
	Species	Lucidota tincta Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota tricostata Pic, 1935
	Species	Lucidota tristicolor E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Lucidota tristis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Lucidota uberadana Pic, 1930
	Species	Lucidota viridescens McDermott, 1965
	Species	Lucidota vitricollis Gorham, 1884
	Species	Lucidota wagneri Pic, 1940
	Species	Lucidota xanthocera Lucas, 1859
	Species	Lucidota xanthopleura Gorham, 1884

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.1, database (version 2.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.1 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about
	Reference for:	Lucidota

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Bouchard, Patrice, Yves Bousquet, Anthony E. Davies, and Chenyang Cai
	Publication Date:	2024
	Article/Chapter Title:	On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	ZooKeys, vol. 1194
	Page(s):	1-981
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1313-2970
	Notes:	doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440
	Reference for:	Lucidota

	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Lucidota

	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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:	Lucidota

	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
	ISBN/ISSN:
	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:	Lucidota

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Viana, Jéssica Herzog, André Silva Roza, Stephanie Vaz, Gareth Powell, and et al.
	Publication Date:	2025
	Article/Chapter Title:	A new firefly genus from South America, with seven new species, a new combination, and notes on the phylogeny of Lampyrinae: Lucidotini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	PeerJ, vol. 13, e18967
	Page(s):	1-34
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	2167-8359
	Notes:	doi: 10.7717/peerj.18967
	Reference for:	Lucidota

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Zaragoza-Caballero, S., S. López-Pérez, M. González-Ramírez, G. M. Rodríguez-Mirón, and et al.
	Publication Date:	2024
	Article/Chapter Title:	Luciérnagas de la región golfo-Caribe de México y descripción de 16 especies nuevas
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol. 95, e955476
	Page(s):	1-43
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	2007-8706
	Notes:	doi: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5476
	Reference for:	Lucidota

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