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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
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
	Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815
	Family	Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs
	Subfamily	Photurinae Lacordaire, 1857
	Tribe	Photurini Lacordaire, 1857
	Genus	Photuris 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


	Expert(s):
	Expert:
	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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
	Notes:
	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	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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