Taxonomy Profile: Lampyridae (Rafinesque 1815)

Lampyridae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
fireflies []
lightningbugs []
glow worms []
lightning bugs []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Lampyridae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Protostomia
Superdivision : Ecdysozoa
Phylum : Arthropoda
arthropods |
Artrópode |
arthropodes |
Subphylum : Hexapoda
hexapods |
Class : Insecta
insects |
hexapoda |
inseto |
insectes |
Subclass : Pterygota
winged insects |
insects ailés |
Infraclass : Neoptera
modern, wing-folding insects |
Superorder : Holometabola
Order : Coleoptera
beetles |
besouro |
coléoptères |
Suborder : Polyphaga
Infraorder : Elateriformia
Superfamily : Elateroidea
Family : Lampyridae
fireflies |
lightningbugs |
glow worms |
lightning bugs |
Lampyridae Direct Children(s):
Pterotinae
(LeConte 1861)
Cyphonocerinae
(Crowson 1972)
Ototretinae
(McDermott 1964)
Amydetinae
(E Olivier in Wytsman 1907)
Lampyrinae
(Rafinesque 1815)
Luciolinae
(Lacordaire 1857)
Photurinae
(Lacordaire 1857)
Pollaclasis
(Newman 1838)
Photoctus
(McDermott 1961)
Lamprigera
(Motschulsky 1853)
Oculogryphus
(Jeng Engel and Yang 2007)
Anadrilus
(Kirsch 1875)
Cheguevariinae
(Kazantsev 2007)
Chespiritoinae
(Ferreira Keller and Branham 2020)
Lamprohizinae
(Kazantsev 2010)
Psilocladinae
(McDermott 1964)
Vestini
(McDermott 1964)
Araucariocladus
(Silveira and Mermudes 2017)
Crassitarsus
(Martin 2019)
Lampyridae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampyridae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1995-01-01 / 1995-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2
Page(s):
779-1006
Publisher:
Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN
Publication Place:
Warszawa, Poland
ISBN/ISSN:
83-85192-34-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampyridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-01-01 / 2002-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Page(s):
187-196
Publisher:
CRC Press LLC
Publication Place:
Boca Raton, Florida, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8493-0954-9/
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampyridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bouchard, P., Y. Bousquet, A. Davies, M. Alonso-Zarazaga, J. Lawrence, C. Lyal, A. Newton, et al.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2011-04-04 / 2011-04-04
Article/Chapter Title:
Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
ZooKeys, vol. 88
Page(s):
1-972
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1313-2989
Notes:
Reference for:
Lampyridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Bouchard, Patrice, and Yves Bousquet
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2020-03-25 / 2020-03-25
Article/Chapter Title:
Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
ZooKeys, vol. 922
Page(s):
65-139
Publisher:
Publication Place:
ISBN/ISSN:
/1313-2989
Notes:
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367
Reference for:
Lampyridae
Lampyridae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Lampyridae: Comments
Comment:
Authorship corrected from prior usage of 'Latreille, 1817' to Rafinesque, 1815 per Bouchard et al. (2011)