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Heterophotinus merielae  Kazantsev, 2007
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952518

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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  
                                                 TribePhotinini LeConte, 1881  
                                                    GenusHeterophotinus E. Olivier, 1894  
                                                       SpeciesHeterophotinus merielae Kazantsev, 2007  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kazantsev, Sergey V.   
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: New firefly taxa from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with notes on biogeography   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Russian Entomological Journal, vol. 15, no. 4   
  Page(s): 367-392   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0132-8069   
  Notes: printed Jan 2007 (verso of title page)   
  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kazantsev, Sergey V., and Daniel E. Perez-Gelabert   
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fireflies of Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Russian Entomological Journal, vol. 17, no. 4   
  Page(s): 353-388   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0132-8069   
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  Reference for: Heterophotinus merielae   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
       
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