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Lampyris  Geoffroy, 1762
Taxonomic Serial No.: 952267

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumHexapoda  – hexapods  
                   ClassInsecta  – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes  
                      SubclassPterygota  – insects ailés, winged insects  
                         InfraclassNeoptera  – modern, wing-folding insects  
                            SuperorderHolometabola   
                               OrderColeoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptères, besouro  
                                  SuborderPolyphaga Emery, 1886  
                                     InfraorderElateriformia Crowson, 1960  
                                        SuperfamilyElateroidea Leach, 1815  
                                           FamilyLampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs  
                                              SubfamilyLampyrinae Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                 TribeLampyrini Rafinesque, 1815  
                                                    GenusLampyris Geoffroy, 1762  
    Direct Children:  
                                                       Species Lampyris aculeata E. Olivier, 1911  
                                                       Species Lampyris acuminata Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Lampyris algerica Ancey, 1869  
                                                       Species Lampyris ambigena Jacquelin Du Val, 1860  
                                                       Species Lampyris angustula Fairmaire, 1895  
                                                       Species Lampyris antennalis Geisthardt, 1981  
                                                       Species Lampyris atripennis McDermott, 1966  
                                                       Species Lampyris berytensis Fairmaire, 1866  
                                                       Species Lampyris bicoloripes Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Lampyris boutakoffi Pic, 1952  
                                                       Species Lampyris brutia Costa, 1882  
                                                       Species Lampyris discicollis Boheman, 1851  
                                                       Species Lampyris diversipes Pic, 1934  
                                                       Species Lampyris dyluatia Laporte, 1840  
                                                       Species Lampyris exilis E. Olivier, 1894  
                                                       Species Lampyris fuscata Geisthardt, 1987  
                                                       Species Lampyris germariensis Jacquelin Du Val, 1860  
                                                       Species Lampyris gridellii Pic, 1935  
                                                       Species Lampyris hellenica Geisthardt, 1983  
                                                       Species Lampyris hummeli Pic, 1935  
                                                       Species Lampyris iberica Geisthardt et al., 2008  
                                                       Species Lampyris imbecilla Gorham, 1900  
                                                       Species Lampyris kaznakovi Kazantsev, 2010  
                                                       Species Lampyris lareynii Jacquelin Du Val, 1859 – Corsican Glow-worm 
                                                       Species Lampyris leontovitchi Pic, 1952  
                                                       Species Lampyris letourneuxi E. Olivier, 1884  
                                                       Species Lampyris lobata (Motschulsky, 1854)  
                                                       Species Lampyris longicollis E. Olivier, 1885  
                                                       Species Lampyris lorestanica Kazanstev, 2024  
                                                       Species Lampyris lusitanica Motschulsky, 1854  
                                                       Species Lampyris melanoptera Gemminger, 1870  
                                                       Species Lampyris molotkovskyi Kazantsev, 2010  
                                                       Species Lampyris monticola Geisthardt, 2000  
                                                       Species Lampyris mosambica Kolbe, 1896  
                                                       Species Lampyris natalensis Boheman, 1851  
                                                       Species Lampyris nervosa E. Olivier, 1883  
                                                       Species Lampyris nigripennis Boheman, 1851  
                                                       Species Lampyris nigrobasalis Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758)  
                                                       Species Lampyris orientalis Faldermann, 1835  
                                                       Species Lampyris pallida Geisthardt, 1987  
                                                       Species Lampyris pallidithorax Pic, 1952  
                                                       Species Lampyris pharos Murray, 1867  
                                                       Species Lampyris platyptera Fairmaire, 1887  
                                                       Species Lampyris plurihomonyma Fanti, 2022  
                                                       Species Lampyris pseudozenkeri Geisthardt, 1999  
                                                       Species Lampyris raymondi Mulsant and Rey, 1859  
                                                       Species Lampyris rohani Pic, 1921  
                                                       Species Lampyris sardiniae Geisthardt, 1987  
                                                       Species Lampyris satoi Geisthardt, 2003  
                                                       Species Lampyris setosa Geisthardt, 1983  
                                                       Species Lampyris somnambula Costa, 1874  
                                                       Species Lampyris spinifer Pic, 1923  
                                                       Species Lampyris tinantae Pic, 1931  
                                                       Species Lampyris tinctoria Gorham, 1900  
                                                       Species Lampyris troglodytes Boheman, 1851  
                                                       Species Lampyris turkestanica Heyden, 1881  
                                                       Species Lampyris vidua Gerstaecker, 1871  
                                                       Species Lampyris zenkeri Germar, 1817  
                                                       Subgenus Lampyris (Nyctophila) E. Olivier, 1884  
       
                                                     GenusLampyris Geoffroy, 1762 incertae sedis  
    Children with Uncertain Position:  
                                                       Species Lampyris quadratifera Blanchard, 1845  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.1, database (version 2.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.1 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about   
  Reference for: Lampyris   
       
  Source: The Lampyridae of the World Database, website (version 2024)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Keller, O. 2024. The Lampyridae of the World Database https://lampyridae.world   
  Reference for: Lampyris   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Gavin J., Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira et al.  
  Publication Date: 2019   
  Article/Chapter Title: Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Insect Systematics and Diversity, vol. 3, issue 6   
  Page(s): 1-15   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2399-3421   
  Notes: remaining authors: X. Lui, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon, and S. M. Bybee. Corrections to publicaton online 17 December, 2019   
  Reference for: Lampyris   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1966   
  Article/Chapter Title: Lampyridae   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9   
  Page(s): 149   
  Publisher: Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk   
  Publication Place: 's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands   
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  Notes: The author's name is mistakenly given as 'McDermot' on the cover and title page, but on page 1 of the work it correctly lists McDermott   
  Reference for: Lampyris   
       

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