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Photinus pyralis  (Linnaeus, 1767)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722476

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
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  Valid Name: Photinus pyralis (Linnaeus, 1758)
 
       
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  Current Standing: invalid - unavailable, other   
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Keller, Oliver  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) species of Carl Linnaeus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insecta Mundi, vol. 0962   
  Page(s): 1-5   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1942-1354   
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  Reference for: Photinus pyralis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Luk, Stephen P. L., Stephen A. Marshall, and Marc A. Branham  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Fireflies of Ontario (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification, no. 16   
  Page(s): 1-105   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1911-2173   
  Notes: doi: 10.3752/cjal.2011.16   
  Reference for: Photinus pyralis   
       
  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   
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  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 pyralis   
       
  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: Photinus pyralis   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
    Canada, Native  
 

 

    

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  Comment: From Keller 2022: "Remarks. This species was published in Linnaeus (1758) in the genus Cantharis and moved to Lampyris by Linnaeus (1767: 645). This species was not newly described in 1767 as published in the vast majority of firefly literature."  
 

 

    

 
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