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Photinus Laporte, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722426

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Ellychnia Blanchard, 1845
		Macrolampis Motschulsky, 1853
		Paraphotinus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	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	Lampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815
	Tribe	Lucidotini Lacordaire, 1857
	Genus	Photinus Laporte, 1833
		Direct Children:
	Species	Photinus abrilae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus acicularis E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Photinus acremophallus Zaragoza-Caballero and Gutiérrez-Carranza, 2018
	Species	Photinus acuminatus Green, 1956 – Pointy-lobed Firefly
	Species	Photinus acutiformis Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus advenus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus affinis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus agonus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus ahuizotli Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus albicaudus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus albicinctus Laporte, 1840
	Species	Photinus albofasciatus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus albolimbatus Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus aldretei Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus alexanderi (Fender, 1970)
	Species	Photinus aliciae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
	Species	Photinus aliciarodriguezae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus alobulatus Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus alticola Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus alvarezi Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus amazonicus (Pic, 1941)
	Species	Photinus amoenoides Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus ampliatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus amplus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus anagabrielae Zaragoza-Caballero and Gutiérrez-Carranza in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus andresi Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus angieae Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus angustilineata (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Photinus anisodrilus Zaragoza-Caballero, 2007
	Species	Photinus apahtzii Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus apicalis Pic, 1931
	Species	Photinus aploplecticus E. Olivier, 1899
	Species	Photinus aquilonius Lloyd, 1969
	Species	Photinus ardens LeConte, 1852
	Species	Photinus arizonensis Zaragoza, 2017
	Species	Photinus asiainae Zaragoza-Caballero and Aquino-Romero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus ater Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus atomarius E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Photinus atroscutus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus attenuatus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus augustalisi Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus aulophallus Zaragoza-Caballero and Gutiérrez-Carranza, 2018
	Species	Photinus aurantiacus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus auranticollis Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus aurora Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus australis Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus autumnalis (Melsheimer, 1846)
	Species	Photinus badilloae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus baeri E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus barrerae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus bergi E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Photinus bicoloripes Pic, 1952
	Species	Photinus bivulnerus (Green, 1949)
	Species	Photinus blackwelderi Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus blandus Motschulsky, 1854
	Species	Photinus bogotensis E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Photinus boxi Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus brailovskyi Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus branhami Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus brevicornis Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus brevior Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus brimleyi Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus bruchi E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus brunescens Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus brunneohumeralis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus brunneotinctus Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus brunneovittatus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus bucaro Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
	Species	Photinus californicus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus caliginosus (G. Olivier, 1790)
	Species	Photinus calisius Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus captiosus (Fender, 1970)
	Species	Photinus carolinus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus cempoalli Zaragoza-Caballero and Zurita-García in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus ceratus Leng and Mutchler, 1922
	Species	Photinus chaaci Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus chabooae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus chamelensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
	Species	Photinus championi Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus chanantzkua Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus chantzinae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus chapingoensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Campos in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus chapini Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus chihuahuensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus chipirietetsi Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus choonghayi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus chpirii Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus churekuai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus cinctellus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus circumcinctus Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus cisteilae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus claricollis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus clermonti Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus collaris Laporte, 1840
	Species	Photinus collustrans LeConte, 1878
	Species	Photinus commisus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus concisus Lloyd, 1968
	Species	Photinus congruus Chevrolat, 1834
	Species	Photinus conradti Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus consanguineus LeConte, 1852
	Species	Photinus consimilis Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus cookii Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus cordovae Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus coroicosus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus coronatus Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus corruscus (Linnaeus, 1767)
	Species	Photinus cuasicongruus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus cubilguitzi Pérez-Hernández and Zaragoza-Caballero in Pérez-Hernández et al., 2022
	Species	Photinus curtatus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus curticornis Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus curtipennis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus cushingi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus cylindrus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus danieli Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus davisae Keller, 2021
	Species	Photinus deynisi Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus dhipaki Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus diegoriverai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus dimissus LeConte, 1881
	Species	Photinus discoideus (Sahlberg, 1823)
	Species	Photinus distinguendus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus diurnus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus dugesi Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus durangonus (Pic, 1930)
	Species	Photinus ebriosus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus elapsus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus elisabethae Buck, 1947
	Species	Photinus elongatus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus enioi Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus enyae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus eous Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus erichsoni Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus erici Zaragoza-Caballero and Zurita-García in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus escalanteae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus estebani Zaragoza-Caballero and Pérez-Flores in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus euphotus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus evanescens Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus extensus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus faculus (LeConte, 1854)
	Species	Photinus fastidiosus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus favilai Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus fenderi Zaragoza-Caballero, Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
	Species	Photinus ferreirai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus flaveolus E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus flavicollis LeConte, 1868
	Species	Photinus flavithorax (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Photinus flavofemoralis Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus flavolimbatus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus flavonotatus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus flavosuturalis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus flohri Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus florae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus floridanus Fall, 1927
	Species	Photinus frater (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus fridakhaloae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus frosti Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus fuliginosus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus fulvobasalis Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus fumigatus Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus furcatus Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus fuscicornis Kirsch, 1873
	Species	Photinus fuscus (Germar, 1824)
	Species	Photinus gabicastanoae Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero, 2024
	Species	Photinus garciai Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus geovanni Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus gliscens Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus gorhami Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus gounellei Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus gracilis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus gracilobus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus granulatus Fall, 1927
	Species	Photinus granulicollis (Fender in Hatch, 1962)
	Species	Photinus greeni (Fender in Hatch, 1962)
	Species	Photinus guanajuatensis Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus guatemalae Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus guayanensis (Demay, 1838)
	Species	Photinus guillermodeltoroi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus harveyi Buck, 1947
	Species	Photinus hatchi (Fender in Hatch, 1962)
	Species	Photinus heciariya Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus helgae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus hendrichsi Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus hidalgoensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus hoffmanni Zaragoza-Caballero and Gutiérrez-Carranza in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus homerogomezi Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus hondurasus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus hymenodrilus Zaragoza-Caballero and Gutiérrez-Carranza in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus hypoleucus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus ignisfatuus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus ignitus Fall, 1927
	Species	Photinus immaculatus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus impressicollis (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus impressithorax Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus incongruus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus independentiae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus indictus (LeConte, 1881)
	Species	Photinus ineptus E. Olivier, 1900
	Species	Photinus infirmus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus infuscatus Laporte, 1840
	Species	Photinus inhumeralis Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus innocuus (Boheman, 1858)
	Species	Photinus intercalatus Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus intermedius Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus interruptus (Erichson, 1847)
	Species	Photinus irroratus (Fender, 1970)
	Species	Photinus ishwari Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus jamesi Zaragoza-Caballero, Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
	Species	Photinus janisae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus javierfigueroai Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus joergenseni E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Photinus juanrulfoi Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus juarezae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus julietabrambilae Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus kaedii Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus kardiophallus Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus kleriocaro Zaragoza-Caballero, 2005
	Species	Photinus knulli Green, 1956 – Southwest Synchronous Firefly
	Species	Photinus kuaukali Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus lacustris (LeConte, 1852)
	Species	Photinus laticollis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus latior (E. Olivier, 1907)
	Species	Photinus latreillei E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus lavali Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus lawrencei Zaragoza-Caballero, Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
	Species	Photinus lekoalloios Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus leobonillai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus leucopyge Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus leucorrhoeus (E. Olivier, 1910)
	Species	Photinus lewisae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus lewisi Buck, 1947
	Species	Photinus limbativentris Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus linearis (Latreille in Humboldt and Bonpland, 1811)
	Species	Photinus lineatus E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Photinus lineellus LeConte, 1852
	Species	Photinus littoralis (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus lobatus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus lojaensis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus longicornis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus longipennis (Motschulsky, 1853)
	Species	Photinus longulus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus longus Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus lucernula Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus lucidotoides McDermott, 1963
	Species	Photinus lucidus (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Photinus lucilae Zaragoza-Caballero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus luctuosus Laporte, 1840
	Species	Photinus lundi Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus lunicollis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus lunulatus (Blanchard in Brullé, 1846)
	Species	Photinus lynnfaustae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus macdermotti Lloyd, 1966
	Species	Photinus maculicollis Kirsch, 1873
	Species	Photinus maculiventris Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus magdalenae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus malinalli Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus malinalxochiltlae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus manni Leng and Mutchler, 1922
	Species	Photinus marcapatanus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus marcelae Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus marginatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
	Species	Photinus marginellus LeConte, 1852
	Species	Photinus marginipennis Lucas, 1859
	Species	Photinus maritimus E. Olivier, 1899
	Species	Photinus marquezi Zaragoza-Caballero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus marthae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus martini Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus mayorgae Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus mazuritae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus mcdermotti Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus meditabundus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus megista (Fender, 1970)
	Species	Photinus melanopyge Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus melanurus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus meridanus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus meteoralis Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus mexicanus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus mictlantecuhtli Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus minasensis Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus minimus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus minor Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus minusculus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus minutissimus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus mireyae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus miriamae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus mixticollis (E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907)
	Species	Photinus modestus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus moestus (Perty, 1830)
	Species	Photinus molangoensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus montanus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus moralesae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus morbosus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus morelosensis Zaragoza, 2000
	Species	Photinus morronei Zaragoza-Caballero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus multilineatus Pic, 1931
	Species	Photinus naevus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus navarretei Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus nayarensis Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus nayeliae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus niger (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus nigridorsis Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus nigrolimbatus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus nigrovittatus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus nodieri Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus noguerai Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus nothoides Buck, 1947
	Species	Photinus nothus Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus obscurellus LeConte, 1851
	Species	Photinus obscurevittatus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus occidentalis (G. Olivier, 1790)
	Species	Photinus ojiviformis Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus olivieri (Pic, 1930)
	Species	Photinus omissus E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Photinus ortegae Zaragoza-Caballero and Rodríguez-Mirón in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus otuzcosus Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus ovatus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus palaciosi (Zaragoza, 2012)
	Species	Photinus pallens (Fabricius, 1798)
	Species	Photinus pallidipes Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus papkandua Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus paracongruus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus parallelus (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus pararuficollis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus pardalis Buck, 1947
	Species	Photinus parvulus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus parvus (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus parvusater Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus paulinae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus paulomarginatus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus pauperculus Boheman, 1858
	Species	Photinus pelotasensis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus peractus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus perbrevis E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus perelegans Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus perezi Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus perlucens Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus perotensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus petaini Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus phalloentis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus phosphoreus (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Photinus piceicornis Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus pici Zaragoza-Caballero, Zurita-García and Ramírez-Ponce, 2023
	Species	Photinus picticollis Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus platyphallos Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus plumbeus Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus poncianoae Zaragoza-Caballero and Pérez-Flores in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus potosina Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus productus Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus pulchellus Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus pumesere Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus punctulatus LeConte, 1852
	Species	Photinus pusillus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus pyralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
	Species	Photinus radians Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus reductemarginalis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus reductilimbatus Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus reductus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus reichei Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus reveritus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus ricardae Vega-Badillo and Veliz-Ojeda, 2025
	Species	Photinus risorius E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus roberti (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus romaldae Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus roseicollis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus ruficollis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus rufomarginatus (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus sabulosus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus saladosus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus salvini Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus sanctaeluciae McDermott, 1958
	Species	Photinus sanctus E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Photinus sanguinicollis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Photinus saniphallos Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus santiagonus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus sarae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus schlingeri Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus scintillans (Say, 1825)
	Species	Photinus secernatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus semibasalis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus semilimbatus Pic, 1942
	Species	Photinus semiluteus Pic, 1939
	Species	Photinus sericellus E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Photinus signaticollis (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)
	Species	Photinus signaticornis Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus silveirai Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus simplex Gorham, 1881
	Species	Photinus simulans E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Photinus speciosus E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Photinus staku Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus stellaris Fall, 1927
	Species	Photinus suavis E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus subattenuatus (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Photinus subauranticus Pic, 1931
	Species	Photinus subfuscus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus subinterruptus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus sublatus Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus subquadricollis Pic, 1941
	Species	Photinus subtestaceus Pic, 1930
	Species	Photinus sulcicollis E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Photinus suturellus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus synchronans Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus taeniatus E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Photinus tamarae Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus tanytoxus Lloyd, 1966
	Species	Photinus tapianus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus taumari Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus taxcoensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus teffensis Pic, 1930
	Species	Photinus temazcalli Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus tenuicinctus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus tenuilineatus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus tepehuani Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus tepetzala Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus tepeyollotli Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus texanus Green, 1956
	Species	Photinus tezozomoci Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus theryi (Pic, 1940)
	Species	Photinus tilae Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus tlapacoyanensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus toledoi Zaragoza-Caballero, 2000
	Species	Photinus totiwi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza, Rodríguez-Mirón et al., 2025
	Species	Photinus transversenotatus (E. Olivier, 1905)
	Species	Photinus tricolorithorax Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus truncatus (Eschscholtz, 1822)
	Species	Photinus tucaari Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus tucumanus Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus tuxtlaensis Zaragoza-Caballero, 1995
	Species	Photinus umbratus LeConte, 1878
	Species	Photinus vacuus (E. Olivier, 1910)
	Species	Photinus vanderberghi Constantin, 2012
	Species	Photinus variabilis Barber, 1941
	Species	Photinus varicollis (E. Olivier, 1907)
	Species	Photinus variegatus (Germar, 1824)
	Species	Photinus vegai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus velutinus (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Photinus venustulus Erichson, 1847
	Species	Photinus vezlirai Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus vianai Pic, 1939
	Species	Photinus victori (Zaragoza-Caballero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020)
	Species	Photinus viduus Erichson, 1847
	Species	Photinus viridianae Zaragoza-Caballero, 2015
	Species	Photinus vitiosus Gemminger, 1870
	Species	Photinus vittaticollis Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus vivianae Zaragoza, 2017
	Species	Photinus volcanicus Gorham, 1884
	Species	Photinus vulgatus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Photinus wageneri Zaragoza-Caballero, 2017
	Species	Photinus wasbaeuri Zaragoza-Caballero and González-Ramírez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus westcotti Zaragoza-Caballero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus weygandi Pic, 1940
	Species	Photinus wixarika Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus xanthophotis (Goose, 1848)
	Species	Photinus xilonae Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus ximutiwi Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza, Rodríguez-Mirón et al., 2025
	Species	Photinus xipei Zaragoza-Caballero and Vega-Badillo in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus xochiquetzalae Zaragoza-Caballero and Aquino-Romero in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2024
	Species	Photinus xonamancae Zaragoza-Caballero, 1996
	Species	Photinus zacatecana Zaragoza-Caballero and López-Pérez in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023
	Species	Photinus zacualtipanensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus zempoalensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Zurita-García in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus zongolicaensis Zaragoza-Caballero and Domínguez-León in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2020
	Species	Photinus zuritai Zaragoza-Caballero and Cifuentes-Ruiz in Zaragoza-Caballero et al., 2023

References


	Expert(s):
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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:	Photinus

	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:	Photinus

	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
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Photinus

	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:	Photinus

	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
	ISBN/ISSN:
	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:	Photinus

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Viana, Jéssica Herzog, André Silva Roza, Stephanie Vaz, Gareth Powell, and et al.
	Publication Date:	2025
	Article/Chapter Title:	A new firefly genus from South America, with seven new species, a new combination, and notes on the phylogeny of Lampyrinae: Lucidotini (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	PeerJ, vol. 13, e18967
	Page(s):	1-34
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	2167-8359
	Notes:	doi: 10.7717/peerj.18967
	Reference for:	Photinus

	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
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	2007-8706
	Notes:	doi: 10.22201/ib.20078706e.2023.94.5028
	Reference for:	Photinus

	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:	Photinus

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