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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

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2025

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
	Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815
	Family	Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs
	Subfamily	Photurinae Lacordaire, 1857
	Tribe	Photurini Lacordaire, 1857
	Genus	Pyrogaster 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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	Other Source(s):
	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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