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Lamprigera  Motschulsky, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952323

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Lamprophorus Gemminger and Harold, 1869
  
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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 incertae sedis – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs  
                                              GenusLamprigera Motschulsky, 1853  
    Direct Children:  
                                                 Species Lamprigera alticola Dong and Li in Dong et al., 2021  
                                                 Species Lamprigera angustior (Fairmaire, 1886)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera boyei Motschulsky, 1853  
                                                 Species Lamprigera crassus (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera diffinis (Walker, 1858)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera dorsalis (E. Olivier, 1903)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera luquanensis Dong and Li in Dong et al., 2021  
                                                 Species Lamprigera lutosipennis (Fairmaire, 1897)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera magnapronotum Dong and Li in Dong et al., 2021  
                                                 Species Lamprigera marusii (Pic, 1955)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera minor (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera morator (E. Olivier, 1891)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera nepalensis (Hope in Gray, 1831)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera nitens (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera nitidicollis (Fairmaire, 1891)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera scutata Fairmaire, 1897  
                                                 Species Lamprigera taimoshana Yiu, 2017  
                                                 Species Lamprigera tarda (Gorham, 1895)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera tenebrosa (Walker, 1858)  
                                                 Species Lamprigera yunnana (Fairmaire, 1897)  
       

 References
       
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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: Lamprigera   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dong, Zhiwei, Vor Yiu, Guichun Liu, Jinwu He, Ruoping Zhao, Yanqiong Peng, and Xueyan Li  
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Three new species of Lamprigera Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from China, with notes on known species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4950, no. 3   
  Page(s): 441-468   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
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  Reference for: Lamprigera   
       
  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: Lamprigera   
       
  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: Lamprigera   
       

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 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed as incertae sedis by Martin et al. (2019)  
 

 

    

 
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