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Scissicauda  McDermott, 1964
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952309

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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  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeLucidotini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusScissicauda McDermott, 1964  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Scissicauda antennata Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda asymmetrica Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda aurata Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda balena Silveira, Mermudes and Bocakova, 2016  
                                                       Species Scissicauda biflabellata Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda disjuncta (E. Olivier, 1896)  
                                                       Species Scissicauda gomesi Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda jamari Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda malleri (Pic, 1935)  
                                                       Species Scissicauda neyi Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Scissicauda truncata Zeballos, Roza and Silveira in Zeballos et al., 2023  
       

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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: Scissicauda   
       
  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: Scissicauda   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDermott, Frank A.  
  Publication Date: 1964   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Taxonomy of Lampyridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 90, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-72   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Silveira, Luiz Felipe Lima da, José Ricardo M. Mermudes, and Milada Bocakova  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematic review of the firefly genus Scissicauda (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Amydetinae) from Brazil   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 558   
  Page(s): 55-75   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2989   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.558.6040   
  Reference for: Scissicauda   
       
  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2167-8359   
  Notes: doi: 10.7717/peerj.18967   
  Reference for: Scissicauda   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zeballos, Felipe, Leandro, André Silva Roza, Lucas Campello-Gonçalves, Stephanie Vaz, and et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogeny of Scissicauda Species, with Eight New Species, including the First Photinini Fireflies with Biflabellate Antennae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Diversity, vol. 15, issue 5   
  Page(s): 1-43   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1424-2818   
  Notes: doi: 10.3390/d15050620   
  Reference for: Scissicauda   
       

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