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Medeopteryx  Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952356

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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  
                                              SubfamilyLuciolinae Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                 TribeLuciolini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusMedeopteryx Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx alacauda Sriboonlert, Swatdipong and Sartsanga in Sriboonlert et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx amilae (Satô, 1976)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx antennata (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx bengalensis Ghosh, Sarkar and Chakraborty, 2025  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx clipeata Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx corusca (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx cribellata (E. Olivier, 1892)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx effulgens (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx elucens (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx flagrans (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx fraseri Nada in Ballantyne et al., 2019  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx fulminea (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx hanedai (Ballantyne in Ballantyne and McLean, 1970)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx hongkongensis Yiu, 2017  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx incisura Sriboonlert, Swatdipong and Sartsanga in Sriboonlert et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx isaanensis Sriboonlert, Swatdipong and Sartsanga in Sriboonlert et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx maehongsonensis Sriboonlert, Swatdipong and Sartsanga in Sriboonlert et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx platygaster (Lea, 1909)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx pupilla (E. Olivier, 1892)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx semimarginata (E. Olivier, 1883)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx similisantennata (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx similispupillae Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx sublustris (Ballantyne, 1987)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx tarsalis (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx timida (E. Olivier, 1883)  
                                                       Species Medeopteryx torricelliensis (Ballantyne in Ballantyne and McLean, 1970)  
       

 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: Medeopteryx   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ballantyne, L. A., C. L. Lambkin, J.- Z. Ho, W. F. A. Jusoh, B. Nada, S. Nak-Eiam et al.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 4687, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-174   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5326   
  Notes: remaining authors are: A. Thancharoen, W. Wattanachaiyingcharoen and V. Yiu   
  Reference for: Medeopteryx   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ballantyne, Lesley A., and Christine L. Lambkin  
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title: Systematics and Phylogenetics of Indo-Pacific Luciolinae Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and the Description of new Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Zootaxa, vol. 3653, no. 1   
  Page(s): 001-162   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1175-5334   
  Notes: doi: 10.11.646/zootaxa.3653.1.1   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Sriboonlert, Ajaraporn, Akarapong Swatdipong, Channarong Sartsanga, Kamonchat Prommarit, and et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Description of four new Medeopteryx Ballantyne (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Luciolinae) species from Thailand and their phylogenetic placements based on mitochondrial DNA   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Asia Entomology, vol. 26, issue 2   
  Page(s): 1-23   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1226-8615   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102084   
  Reference for: Medeopteryx   
       

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