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Parent Taxon

• N/A

Sibling Taxa

• Costalampys
• Cratomorphini
• Lamprocerini
• Lampyrini
• Lucidotini
• Photinini
• Pleotomini

Child Taxa

• Aorphallus
• Dilychnia
• Ellychnia
• Heterophotinus
• Lamprigera
• Lucidina
• Paraphotinus
• Phosphaenopterus
• Photinoides
• Photinus
• Pyractonema
• Pyropyga
• Pyropygodes
• Robopus
• Rufolychnia

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