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Ellychnia subsumed under Photinus

Seems like the current practice is to place Ellychnia species under Photinus. For instance, on iNaturalist, Ellychnia corrusca is now Photinus corruscus.
I added a note about this on the Ellychnia corrusca page.
I don't see any references for this change on a quick web search, but I presume it is out there somewhere.
Thoughts from the beetle people?
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Contributed by Cotinis on 9 June, 2025 - 8:41am

Relevant papers
I've seen this too. I have no problem with making the change here. I don't have the 2023 paper. The 2020 paper is downloadable using the link. The change was also discussed in (1), page 62.

Zaragoza-Caballero, S., Zurita-García, M. L., & Ramírez-Ponce, A. (2023). The on–off pattern in the evolution of the
presence of bioluminescence in a derived lineage from fireflies of Mexico (Coleoptera, Lampyridae).
Zoologischer Anzeiger, 302, 266–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2022.12.009

Zaragoza-Caballero, S., López-Pérez, S., Vega-Badillo, V., Domínguez-León, D. E., Rodríguez-Mirón, G. M., GonzálezRamírez, M., Gutiérrez-Carranza, I. G., Cifuentes-Ruiz, P., & Zurita-García, M. L. (2020). Luciérnagas del centro de México (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): descripción de 37 especies nuevas. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad,
91(0). https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2020.91.3104
… Brad Barnd, 17 June, 2025 - 4:45am login or register to post comments

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