Lampyris

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".

Lampyris
Male of Lampyris noctiluca
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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
  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. https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9567/ BioLib.cz: genus Lampyris Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020)
  • Media related to Lampyris at Wikimedia Commons
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