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Parent Taxon

• Lampyridae

Sibling Taxa

• Bicellonycha
• Photuris
• Pyrogaster

Child Taxa

• Daiphoturis
• Photuris anna
• Photuris aureolucens
• Photuris bethaniensis
• Photuris brunnipennis
• Photuris cinctipennis
• Photuris congener
• Photuris divisa
• Photuris eliza
• Photuris fairchildi
• Photuris flavicollis
• Photuris forresti
• Photuris frontalis
• Photuris fulvipes
• Photuris hebes
• Photuris lucicrescens
• Photuris lugubris
• Photuris mysticalampas
• Photuris pensylvanica
• Photuris potomaca
• Photuris pyralomimus
• Photuris salinus
• Photuris sellicki
• Photuris sheckscheri
• Photuris tremulans
• Photuris trilineata
• Photuris versicolor
• Photuris walldoxeyi

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