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Lampyrinae

Insecta - Coleoptera - Lampyridae

Taxonomy
Lampyrinae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Lampyris.

It was assigned to Lampyridae by Lawrence and Newton (1995), Bouchard et al. (2011), Webster (2016), Martin et al. (2019), Alekseev (2019) and Cai et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Lampyrinae Rafinesque
1995Lampyrinae Lawrence and Newton, Jr.
2011Lampyrinae Bouchard et al.
2016Lampyrinae Webster p. 455
2019Lampyrinae Alekseev p. 15
2019Lampyrinae Martin et al.
2022Lampyrinae 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
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderElateriformiaCrowson 1960
superfamilyElateroidea
familyLampyridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLampyrinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyLampyrinaeRafinesque 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.

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
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 Chadronian to the top of the Sarmatian or 37.20000 to 11.60800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 33.9 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany Photinus kazantsevi (123769)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) Pyropyga prima (106381)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Lampyris orciluca (117252)