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Microphotus  LeConte, 1866
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722414

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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  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeLampyrini Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                    GenusMicrophotus LeConte, 1866  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Microphotus angustus LeConte, 1874  
                                                       Species Microphotus chiricahuae Green, 1959  
                                                       Species Microphotus curvophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Vega-Badillo and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2021  
                                                       Species Microphotus decarthrus Fall, 1912  
                                                       Species Microphotus dilatatus LeConte, 1866  
                                                       Species Microphotus fragilis E. Olivier, 1912  
                                                       Species Microphotus morronei Zaragoza-Caballero, López-Pérez and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2021  
                                                       Species Microphotus octarthrus Fall, 1912  
                                                       Species Microphotus pecosensis Fall, 1912  
                                                       Species Microphotus robustophallus Zaragoza-Caballero, Domínguez-León and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2021  
       

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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: Microphotus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Microphotus   
       
  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: Microphotus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, Sara López-Pérez, Mireya González-Ramírez, and et al.  
  Publication Date: 2023   
  Article/Chapter Title: Luciérnagas (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) del norte-occidente de México, con la descripción de 48 especies nuevas   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol 94   
  Page(s): 1-81   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2007-8706   
  Notes: doi: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.5028   
  Reference for: Microphotus   
       

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