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Vesta thoracica  (G. Olivier, 1790)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 953280

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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  
                                              SubtribeVestini McDermott, 1964  
                                                 GenusVesta Laporte, 1833  
                                                    SpeciesVesta thoracica (G. Olivier, 1790)  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Keller, Oliver, and Marc A. Branham   
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: Notes on the Amydetinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in McDermott's 1966 Catalogue of Lampyridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insecta Mundi, vol. 0628   
  Page(s): 1-6   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1942-1354   
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  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: Vesta thoracica   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Silveira, Luiz F. L., Gabriel Khattar, Stephanie Vaz, Vinicius A. Wilson, Paula M. Souto et al.   
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: Natural history of the fireflies of the Serra dos Órgãos mountain range (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro) - one of the 'hottest' firefly spots on Earth, with a key to genera (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Journal of Natural History, vol. 54, no. 5-6   
  Page(s): 275-308   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0022-2933   
  Notes: remaining authors: José R. Mermudes Kathrin F. Stranger-Hall, Margarete V. Macedo, and Ricardo F. Monteiro   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Listed as incertae sedis by Silveira et al. (2020)  
 

 

    


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