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Pyropyga  Motschulsky, 1852
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722427

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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  
                                                 TribeLucidotini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusPyropyga Motschulsky, 1852  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Pyropyga alticola Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga australis Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga chemsaki Zaragoza-Caballero, 1993  
                                                       Species Pyropyga cordobana Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga decipiens (Harris, 1836)  
                                                       Species Pyropyga exstincta (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                       Species Pyropyga extensa Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga harrydeepaki Makhan and Saeizad, 2014  
                                                       Species Pyropyga incognita E. Olivier, 1912  
                                                       Species Pyropyga julietafierroae Gutiérrez-Carranza and Zaragoza-Caballero in Gutiérrez-Carranza et al., 2023  
                                                       Species Pyropyga minuta (LeConte, 1852)  
                                                       Species Pyropyga modesta Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga nigricans (Say, 1823)  
                                                       Species Pyropyga saltensis Green, 1961  
                                                       Species Pyropyga tarda Motschulsky, 1854  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Green, John Wagener  
  Publication Date: 1961   
  Article/Chapter Title: Revision of the species of Pyropyga (Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Coleopterists' Bulletin, vol. 15, no. 3   
  Page(s): 65-74   
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  Reference for: Pyropyga   
       
  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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  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: Pyropyga   
       
  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   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2167-8359   
  Notes: doi: 10.7717/peerj.18967   
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  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: Pyropyga   
       

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