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Lampyridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Lampyridae

Name

Homonyms
Lampyridae
Common names
Fireflies in English
Fireflies in English
Glow Worms in English
Glow Worms in English
Ildfluer in Danish
Lightning Bugs in English
Lightning Bugs in English
Lightningbugs in English
Lightningbugs in English
Vers luisants, Lampyres, Lucioles in French
fireflies in English
fireflies in English
glimwormen, lichtkevertjes, lichtkevers in Dutch
glow worms in English
glow worms in English
glow-worms in English
kiiltomadot in Finnish
lightning bugs in English
lightning bugs in English
lightningbugs in English
lightningbugs in English
Firefly Beetles in English
Firefly Beetles in English
lysbiller in Nynorsk, Norwegian
lysbiller in Norwegian Bokmål
lysmaskar in Swedish
Firefly in English
Firefly in English
firefly in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Ballantyne L.A., Buck E. (1979). Taxonomy and behavior of Luciola aphrogenia new species of surf firefly from Papua New Guinea. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 105: 117-138
  2. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al., 2011: Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys, vol. 88. 1-972.
  5. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 88: 1-972. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  6. Bouchard, Patrice, and Yves Bousquet, 2020: Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys, vol. 922. 65-139.
  7. Gärdenfors, Hall, Hallingbäck, Hansson & Hedström (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj.
  8. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006.
  9. Lloyd, J. E. (1973). A Firefly Inhabitant of Coastal Reefs in New Guinea (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Biotropica, Vol. 5, No. 3 (Dec., 1973), pp. 168-174
  10. Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., 2002: Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817. American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 187-196.
  11. Löbl & Smetana (2007) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4, Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea
  12. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  13. Rafinesque, C.S. (1815) Analyse de la nature ou tableau de l’univers et des corps organisés. C. S. Rafinesque, Palermo, Italy, 224 pp. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197 https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/48310197
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