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Psilocladus  Blanchard in Brullé, 1845
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952307

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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  
                                              SubfamilyPsilocladinae McDermott, 1964  
                                                 GenusPsilocladus Blanchard in Brullé, 1845  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Species Psilocladus albomarginatus Pic, 1937  
                                                    Species Psilocladus apicalis (Kirsch, 1865)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus atricornis Pic, 1925  
                                                    Species Psilocladus atromaculatus Pic, 1930  
                                                    Species Psilocladus aztecus Gutiérrez-Carranza, Zaragoza-Caballero and Keller, 2025  
                                                    Species Psilocladus basalis Pic, 1925  
                                                    Species Psilocladus bicoloripes Pic, 1930  
                                                    Species Psilocladus blanchardi E. Olivier, 1909  
                                                    Species Psilocladus bogotensis Pic, 1911  
                                                    Species Psilocladus boliviensis Pic, 1930  
                                                    Species Psilocladus breveramulosus Pic, 1937  
                                                    Species Psilocladus calvus (Kirsch, 1870)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus cancinoi Gutiérrez-Carranza, Zaragoza-Caballero and Keller, 2025  
                                                    Species Psilocladus capillatus E. Olivier, 1888  
                                                    Species Psilocladus claveri Pic, 1925  
                                                    Species Psilocladus costae Vaz, Silveira and Rosa, 2020  
                                                    Species Psilocladus fasciatus Pic, 1927  
                                                    Species Psilocladus formosus E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus grandis E. Olivier, 1888  
                                                    Species Psilocladus guerini E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus guyanensis Pic, 1927  
                                                    Species Psilocladus haemorrhoidalis E. Olivier, 1909  
                                                    Species Psilocladus impexus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907  
                                                    Species Psilocladus inauditus E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus lemoulti Pic, 1937  
                                                    Species Psilocladus lineolatus E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus marginatus (Lewis, 1895)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus marginellus E. Olivier, 1888  
                                                    Species Psilocladus melas E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus miltoderus Blanchard in Brullé, 1845  
                                                    Species Psilocladus minutus Pic, 1937  
                                                    Species Psilocladus nebulosus E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus nevermanni Pic, 1937  
                                                    Species Psilocladus noveloi Gutiérrez-Carranza, Zaragoza-Caballero and Keller, 2025  
                                                    Species Psilocladus peruvianus (Kirsch, 1873)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus pici E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907  
                                                    Species Psilocladus pulcher E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus scutellaris (Gorham, 1881)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus setosus E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907  
                                                    Species Psilocladus sigillatus E. Olivier, 1907  
                                                    Species Psilocladus silphoides (Gorham, 1880)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus stolatus (Gorham, 1881)  
                                                    Species Psilocladus suppletus E. Olivier, 1909  
                                                    Species Psilocladus suturalis E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                    Species Psilocladus testaceus Pic, 1925  
       

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  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: Psilocladus   
       
  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: Psilocladus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Bouchard, Patrice, Yves Bousquet, Anthony E. Davies, and Chenyang Cai  
  Publication Date: 2024   
  Article/Chapter Title: On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: ZooKeys, vol. 1194   
  Page(s): 1-981   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1313-2970   
  Notes: doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440   
  Reference for: Psilocladus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Keller, Oliver and Gavin J. Martin  
  Publication Date: 2024   
  Article/Chapter Title: Taxonomic notes on the Cladodinae, Lampyrinae, and Lampyrinae/Lampyridae incertae sedis (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insecta Mundi, vol. 1032   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1942-1354   
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  Reference for: Psilocladus   
       
  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: Psilocladus   
       
  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: Psilocladus   
       

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