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Parent Taxon

• Lampyridae

Sibling Taxa

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

Child Taxa

• Pyropyga alticola
• Pyropyga australis
• Pyropyga chemsaki
• Pyropyga cordobana
• Pyropyga decipiens
• Pyropyga extensa
• Pyropyga incognita
• Pyropyga minuta
• Pyropyga modesta
• Pyropyga nigricans
• Pyropyga saltensis

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