Lampyridae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank
FAMILY

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia: phylum
Arthropoda: class
Insecta: order
Coleoptera: family
Lampyridae

Name

Synonyms: Le Conteus
Homonyms: Lampyridae
Common names: fireflies in English; glimwormen, lichtkevertjes, lichtkevers in Dutch; glow worms in English; lightning bugs in English; lightningbugs in English; lysmaskar in Swedish; firefly in English

Bibliographic References

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Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
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.
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
Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer).
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.
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
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.
Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (2007) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 4, Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea.
Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.