Lampyris

Lampyris
	Male of Lampyris noctiluca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Superfamily:	Elateroidea
Family:	Lampyridae
Subfamily:	Lampyrinae
Tribe:	Lampyrini
Genus:	Lampyris; Geoffroy, 1762
Species
	Numerous, see text

Lampyris is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;^[1] the larvae and larviform females are among those organisms commonly called "glowworms".

This genus is rather close to Pleotomus and its relatives. These were formerly separated as tribe Pleotomini, but appear to be a specialized offshoot of the Lampyrini.^[1]

Species

BioLib includes the following species:^[2]

Lampyris algerica Ancey, 1869
Lampyris ambigena Jacquelin du Val, 1860
Lampyris angustula Fairmaire, 1895
Lampyris brutia Costa, 1882
Lampyris fuscata Geisthardt, 1987
Lampyris germariensis Jacquelin du Val, 1860
Lampyris hellenica Geisthardt, 1983
Lampyris iberica Geisthardt, Figueira, Day & De Cock, 2008
Lampyris lareynii Jacquelin du Val, 1859
Lampyris monticola Geisthardt, 2000
Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species (as Cantharis noctiluca L. 1767)
Lampyris orientalis Faldermann, 1835
Lampyris pallida Geisthardt, 1987
Lampyris pseudozenkeri Geisthardt, 1999
Lampyris raymondi Mulsant & Rey, 1859
Lampyris sardiniae Geisthardt, 1987
Lampyris zenkeri Germar, 1817

References

^ ^a ^b Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013 PMID 17644427 PDF fulltext
^ https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9567/ BioLib.cz: genus Lampyris Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020)

External links

Media related to Lampyris at Wikimedia Commons

[stangerhalletal2007-1] Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013 PMID 17644427 PDF fulltext

[2] ttps://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9567/ BioLib.cz: genus Lampyris Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020)

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