Flammarionella Cai et al. 2024 (beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lampyridae

Full reference: C. Cai, L. Ballantyne, and R. Kundrata. 2024. Taxonomic names, in A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291(20241671)

Parent taxon: Luciolinae according to C. Cai et al. 2024

Sister taxa: Eoluciola, Luciola, Luciolini, Protoluciola

Subtaxa: Flammarionella hehaikuni

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Type: Flammarionella hehaikuni

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Burmese amber, Kachin amber (NIGP collection) (Cretaceous of Myanmar)

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