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 - Pyropyga decipiens
      Species - Pyropyga minuta
      Species - Pyropyga modesta
      Species - Pyropyga nigricans
      Species - Pyropyga chemsaki
      Species - Pyropyga cordobana
      Species - Pyropyga australis
      Species - Pyropyga extensa
      Species - Pyropyga alticola
      Species - Pyropyga incognita
      Species - Pyropyga saltensis
      Species - Pyropyga exstincta
      Species - Pyropyga tarda