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Lychnacris  Motschulsky, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952273

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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  
                                                 TribeLamprocerini E. Olivier, 1907  
                                                    GenusLychnacris Motschulsky, 1853  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Lychnacris afflicta (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris atrocrocea Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris bahorucoensis Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris bipunctata (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris cienagaensis Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris cruciata E. Olivier, 1886  
                                                       Species Lychnacris electron Roza, Kundrata, Kusy, Lian and Silveira, 2024  
                                                       Species Lychnacris emarginata (Leng and Mutchler, 1922)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris externa (E. Olivier, 1912)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris fallax (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris fasciata (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris flabellata (Fabricius, 1801)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris flavoquadrata (Blanchard in Brullé, 1846)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris hierroi Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris ingeniosa (E. Olivier, 1899)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris konstantinovi Kazantsev, 2007  
                                                       Species Lychnacris luctuosa (E. Olivier, 1885)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris mariposa (Leng and Mutchler, 1922)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris montensis Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris nelishanae Kazantsev, 2007  
                                                       Species Lychnacris orbis Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris pedernalis Kazantsev, 2007  
                                                       Species Lychnacris piceonotata Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris postica (E. Olivier, 1899)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris rhomboidea (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris rufocaerulea Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris scintilla Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2009  
                                                       Species Lychnacris subcrucifer (Pic, 1931)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris sulcipennis (E. Olivier, 1888)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris triguttula Motschulsky, 1853  
                                                       Species Lychnacris vagans (E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907)  
                                                       Species Lychnacris vulpies Kazantsev and Perez-Gelabert, 2013  
       

 References
       
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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: Lychnacris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Kazantsev, Sergey V.  
  Publication Date: 2007   
  Article/Chapter Title: New firefly taxa from Hispaniola and Puerto Rico (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), with notes on biogeography   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Russian Entomological Journal, vol. 15, no. 4   
  Page(s): 367-392   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0132-8069   
  Notes: printed Jan 2007 (verso of title page)   
  Reference for: Lychnacris   
       
  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: Lychnacris   
       
  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: Lychnacris   
       

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