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Pyractomena lucifera  Melsheimer, 1846
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722451

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeCratomorphini Olivier, 1911  
                                                    GenusPyractomena Melsheimer, 1846  
                                                       SpeciesPyractomena lucifera Melsheimer, 1846  
       

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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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  Reference for: Pyractomena lucifera   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Luk, Stephen P. L., Stephen A. Marshall, and Marc A. Branham   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Fireflies of Ontario (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, no. 16   
  Page(s): 1-105   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1911-2173   
  Notes: doi: 10.3752/cjal.2011.16   
  Reference for: Pyractomena lucifera   
       
  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 lucifera   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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