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Lampyridae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lampyridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lampyridae Rafinesque
1981Lampyridae Crowson p. 696
1995Lampyridae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Lampyridae Bouchard et al.
2016Lampyridae Webster
2022Lampyridae Cai et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
RankNameAuthor
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyLampyridaeRafinesque 1815
familyLampyridaeRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Lampyridae Rafinesque 1815
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Subfm. Lamprohizinae Kazantsev 2010
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G. †Eolamprohiza Kazantsev 2024
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†Eolamprohiza andrushchenkoi Kazantsev 2024
G. Lamprohiza Motschulsky 1853
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†Lamprohiza fossilis Beier 1952
G. Phausis Le Conte 1851
Subfm. Lampyrinae Rafinesque 1815
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Tr. Lampyrini Rafinesque 1815
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G. Lampyris Geoffroy 1762
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Invalid names: Lampyris orciluca Heer 1864 [nomen nudum]
Tr. Lucidotini Lacordaire 1857
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Invalid names: Lucidotina Lacordaire 1857 [empty]
Tr. Photinini LeConte 1881
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G. Lucidota Laporte 1833
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†Lucidota prima Wickham 1912
G. Photinus Laporte 1833
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†Photinus kazantsevi Alekseev 2019
G. Pyropyga Motschulsky 1852
Subfm. Luciolinae Lacordaire 1857
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G. †Eoluciola Kazantsev 2012
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†Eoluciola varang Kazantsev 2012
G. †Flammarionella Cai et al. 2024
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†Flammarionella hehaikuni Cai et al. 2024
G. Luciola Laporte 1833
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†Luciola extincta von Heyden 1862
G. †Protoluciola Kazantsev 2015
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†Protoluciola albertalleni Kazantsev 2015
Invalid names: Luciolini Lacordaire 1857 [invalid subgroup]
Subfm. Ototretinae McDermott 1964
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G. †Electrotreta Kazantsev 2012
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†Electrotreta rasnitsyni Kazantsev 2012
Invalid names: Ototretadrilinae Crowson 1972 [synonym]
Invalid names: Amydetinae Olivier 1907 [empty], Cyphonocerinae Crowson 1972 [empty], Photurinae Lacordaire 1857 [empty], Pterotinae LeConte 1861 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Sarmatian or 99.60000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Flammarionella hehaikuni (161726) Protoluciola albertalleni (175697)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Lampyridae indet. (123959)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Photinus kazantsevi (123769)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation (Kaliningrad) Eolamprohiza andrushchenkoi (192258)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Russian Federation Electrotreta rasnitsyni (124476) Eoluciola varang (123419)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pyropyga prima (106381)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03Germany Luciola extincta (123945)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Czech Republic Phausis fossilis (139944)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lampyris orciluca (117252)