Insecta - Coleoptera - Lampyridae
Parent taxon: Elateroidea according to C. Y. Cai et al. 2022
See also Bouchard et al. 2011, Crowson 1981, Lawrence and Newton 1995 and Webster 2016
Sister taxa: Anoeuma, Artematopodidae, Berendtimiridae, Brachypsectridae, Cantharidae, Cerophytidae, Cretophengodidae, Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Eudicronychinae, Grammocolous, Lycidae, Microcoleus, Mysteriomorphidae, Omethidae, Phengodidae, Rhagophthalmidae, Throscidae
Subtaxa: Amydetinae Cyphonocerinae Lamprohizinae Lampyrinae Luciolinae Ototretinae Photurinae Pterotinae
Type: Lampyris
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Oligocene of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (1)
• Eocene of Germany (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Colorado)
• Cretaceous of Myanmar (2)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence