Lampyridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Lampyridae
Subfamilia: Amydetinae – Lampyrinae – Luciolinae – Ototretadilinae – Ototretinae – Photurinae – Psilocladinae – Pterotinae

Genera: Lamprigera – Memoan –

Name

Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymy

Lampyria Rafinesque, 1815: 110
Lampyrides: Latreille, 1817: 236

References

Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1816–1817. Les crustacés, les arachnides et les insectes. In: Cuvier, G. (ed.). Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome III. Deterville: Paris. xxix + 653 pp. BHL Reference page.
Rafinesque, C.S. 1815. Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. Palerme: L'Imprimerie de Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Branham, M.A. 2010: 4.15. Lampyridae Latreille, 1817. Pp. 141-149 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Lawrence, J.F.; Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 1. Changes in classification and list of families and subfamilies. Pp. 1-7 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 225
Silveira, L.F.L. & Mermudes, J.R.M. 2013. Memoan ciceroi gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable new firefly genus and species from the Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 3640(1): 79–87. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3640.1.6. . Reference page.
Martin, G.J. & Powell, G.S. 2020. Type designations for fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of the Biologia Centrali Americana Gorham, 1881 housed in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 4808(2): 384–392. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4808.2.11 Reference page.
Silveira, L.F.L. & Mermudes, J.R.M. 2014. Ybytyramoan, a new genus of fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae, Lampyrinae, Photinini) endemic to the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, with description of three new species. Zootaxa 3835(3): 325–337. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3835.3.2 Reference page.
Silveira, L.F.L. & Mermudes, J.R.M. 2017. A new tropical montane firefly genus and species, active during winter and endemic to the southeastern Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 4221(2): 205–214. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4221.2.4. Reference page.
Silveira, L.F.L., Mermudes, J.R. & Bocakova, M. 2016. Systematic review of the firefly genus Scissicauda (Coleoptera, Lampyridae, Amydetinae) from Brazil. ZooKeys 558: 55-75. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.558.6040. Reference page.
Silveira, L.F.L., Souto, P.M. & Mermudes, J.R.M. 2018. Four new species of Luciuranus fireflies from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Zootaxa 4413(1): 173–186. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.1.7 Reference page.

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Lampyridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of family Lampyridae of Russia
Systematic list of coleopterous families and subfamilies (Lawrence, Newton, 1995)
Zicha, Ondřej et al. Lampyridae – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Vernacular names

অসমীয়া: জোনাকী পৰুৱা
беларуская: Светлякі
বাংলা: জোনাকী পোকা
čeština: světluškovití, světlušky
dansk: Ildfluer
Deutsch: Leuchtkäfer
English: fireflies, lightning bugs
Esperanto: Lampiro
español: Luciérnaga
Nordfriisk: Driikraaben
français: Lampyre, Mouche à feu, Luciole
ગુજરાતી: આગિયો
עברית: גחליליות
हिन्दी: जुगनू
hrvatski: Krijesnice
hts: Cinambo
italiano: Lampyris noctiluca
日本語: ホタル科
한국어: 반딧불이과
Lëtzebuergesch: Gehaanswénkelchen
lietuvių: Jonvabaliai
मराठी: काजवा
Nederlands: Glimwormen
norsk: Lysbiller
Diné bizaad: Chʼosh bikǫʼí
polski: Świetlikowate
português: Vaga-lume
русский: Светляки
svenska: Lysmaskar
Kiswahili: Kimulimuli
ไทย: หิ่งห้อย
Türkçe: Ateşböceği
Tiếng Việt: Đom đóm
閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú: Hóe-kim-ko͘
中文: 螢科