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Pyrogaster  Motschulsky, 1853
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952311

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  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  
                                              SubfamilyPhoturinae Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                 TribePhoturini Lacordaire, 1857  
                                                    GenusPyrogaster Motschulsky, 1853  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster ambulans E. Olivier, 1911  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster angustata (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster atriceps Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster atripes Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster atrocinctus Pic, 1930  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster aurea (E. Olivier, 1887)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster bicoloricollis Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster bicoloripes Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster bilineaticeps Pic, 1935  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster bilineatus Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster brevenotata Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster coxalis E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster dilatata Motschulsky, 1854  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster elegans (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster elongatior Pic, 1935  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster fasciatipennis Pic, 1933  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster flavohumeralis Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster foedus E. Olivier, 1911  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster fugax (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster fuliginosa (Blanchard in Brullé, 1845)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster grylloides Motschulsky, 1853  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster hectica (Fabricius, 1801)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster hickeri Pic, 1926  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster infelix E. Olivier, 1911  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster infuscata (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster insuturalis Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster lateapicalis Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster lineaticeps Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster lunifera (Eschscholtz, 1822)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster maetus Pic, 1939  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster magniceps Pic, 1934  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster major Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster malepicta E. Olivier, 1911  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster margipallens E. Olivier, 1909  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster mediofasciata Pic, 1926  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster moesta (Germar, 1824)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster multinotata Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster nigrolineata Pic, 1929  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster picta E. Olivier, 1886  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster placita E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster rubronotata Pic, 1933  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster scapularis Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster squalida (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster subcarinipennis Pic, 1939  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster subdola (E. Olivier, 1905)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster subelegans E. Olivier, 1908  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster sublunulata Pic, 1932  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster subnitida Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster superba (E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster telephorina (Perty, 1830)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster testaceithorax Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster testaceofasciatus Pic, 1928  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster transversa (E. Olivier, 1886)  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster trinotata Pic, 1933  
                                                       Species Pyrogaster vestita (E. Olivier, 1905)  
       

 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: Pyrogaster   
       
  Publication(s):    
  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: Pyrogaster   
       
  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: Pyrogaster   
       

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