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Photuris  Dejean, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722413

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Photurus Hess, 1922
  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  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  
                                              SubfamilyPhoturinae Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                 TribePhoturini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusPhoturis Dejean, 1833  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Photuris alexanderi Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris alleganiensis Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris anna Heckscher, 2021  
                                                       Species Photuris appalachianensis Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris asacoa Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris barberi Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris beanii Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris billbrowni Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris branhami Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris bridgeniensis Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris campestra Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris carrorum Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris chenangoa Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris cowaseloniensis Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris dorothae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris douglasae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris eliza Heckscher, 2021  
                                                       Species Photuris eureka Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris falli Barber, 1951  
                                                       Species Photuris forresti Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris gentrae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris harrannorum Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris hiawasseensis Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris katrinae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris lamarcki Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris lynfaustae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris maicoi Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris margotooleae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris mcavoyi Heckscher and Branham, 2024  
                                                       Species Photuris moorei Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris paludivulpes Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris patriei Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris polacekae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris sellicki Heckscher, 2021  
                                                       Species Photuris sheckscheri Heckscher, 2021  
                                                       Species Photuris sivinskii Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris stanleyi Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris stevensae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris tasunkowitcoi Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris walkeri Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Species Photuris whistlerae Lloyd, 2018  
                                                       Subgenus Photuris (Cephalophoturis) Pic, 1927  
                                                       Subgenus Photuris (Daiphoturis) Pic, 1926  
                                                       Subgenus Photuris (Photuris) Dejean, 1833  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.1, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.1 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Photuris   
       
  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: Photuris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchard, Patrice, and Yves Bousquet  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 922   
  Page(s): 65-139   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2989   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367   
  Reference for: Photuris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchard, Patrice, Yves Bousquet, Anthony E. Davies, and Chenyang Cai  
  Publication Date: 2024   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 1194   
  Page(s): 1-981   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440   
  Reference for: Photuris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title: Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea   
  Page(s): 187-196   
  Publisher: CRC Press LLC   
  Publication Place: Boca Raton, Florida, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8493-0954-9   
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  Reference for: Photuris   
       
  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: Photuris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, Sara López-Pérez, Viridiana Vega-Badillo et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fireflies from central Mexico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): description of 37 new species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol. 91, e913104   
  Page(s): 1-70   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2007-8706   
  Notes: remaining authors: , Daniel E. Domínguez-León, Geovanni M. Rodríguez-Mirón, Mireya González-Ramírez, Ishwari G. Gutiérrez-Carranza, Paulina Cifuentes-Ruiz, and Martín L. Zurita-García   
  Reference for: Photuris   
       

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