NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: complete
Latest Record Review: 2014

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Photinini
  Subfamily - Lampyrinae
  Family - Lampyridae
  Superfamily - Elateroidea
  Infraorder - Elateriformia
  Suborder - Polyphaga
  Order - Coleoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Ellychnia autumnalis
      Species - Ellychnia californica
      Species - Ellychnia corrusca
      Species - Ellychnia facula
      Species - Ellychnia flavicollis
      Species - Ellychnia granulicollis
      Species - Ellychnia greeni
      Species - Ellychnia hatchi
      Species - Ellychnia lacustris
      Species - Ellychnia obscurevittata
      Species - Ellychnia simplex
      Species - Ellychnia affinis
      Species - Ellychnia albilatera
      Species - Ellychnia atra
      Species - Ellychnia aurora
      Species - Ellychnia cordovae
      Species - Ellychnia fumigata
      Species - Ellychnia lunicollis
      Species - Ellychnia mexicana
      Species - Ellychnia moesta
      Species - Ellychnia salvini
      Species - Ellychnia sanguinicollis
      Species - Ellychnia variegata
      Species - Ellychnia bivulnerus