''Lampyris'' is a

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Lampyridae The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called fireflies, lightning bugs, or glowworms for their conspicuous production ...

. In most of western

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, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the

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. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. '' Mol. Phylogenet. Evol.'' 45(1): 33-49.
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glowworm Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence al ...

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Pleotomus ''Pleotomus'' is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae The Lampyridae are a family of elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are light-emitting. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called firefl ...

'' and its relatives. These were formerly separated as

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Lampyrini The Lampyrini are a tribe of fireflies in the large subfamily Lampyrinae. The lineage formerly separated as Pleotomini seems to be a specialized offshoot of the Lampyrini not too distant from the type genus '' Lampyris'' and is therefore included ...

Species

''BioLib'' includes the following species:https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9567/ BioLib.cz: genus ''Lampyris'' Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020) * '' Lampyris algerica'' Ancey, 1869 * ''

Lampyris ambigena ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Jacquelin du Val, 1860 * '' Lampyris angustula'' Fairmaire, 1895 * ''

Lampyris brutia ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Costa, 1882 * ''

Lampyris fuscata ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European Lampyris noctiluca, common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous ...

'' Geisthardt, 1987 * '' Lampyris germariensis'' Jacquelin du Val, 1860 * ''

Lampyris hellenica ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Geisthardt, 1983 * ''

Lampyris iberica ''Lampyris iberica'', the Iberian firefly, is a species of firefly. The species is endemic of the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France Southern France, also known as the south of France or colloquially in French as , is a geographical area c ...

'' Geisthardt, Figueira, Day & De Cock, 2008 * ''

Lampyris lareynii ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Jacquelin du Val, 1859 * ''

Lampyris monticola ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Geisthardt, 2000 * ''

Lampyris noctiluca ''Lampyris noctiluca'', the common glow-worm of Europe (see also "glowworm"), is the type species of beetle in the genus '' Lampyris'' and the family Lampyridae. ''Lampyris noctiluca'' presents conspicuous sexual dimorphism. The males are winged ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species (as ''

Cantharis ''Cantharis'' is a large genus of soldier beetles in the family Cantharidae with narrow and soft elytra. The poisonous Spanish fly is superficially similar and is associated with the scientific name ''Cantharis vesicatoria''. It is also sometimes ...

noctiluca'' L. 1767) * ''

Lampyris orientalis ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Faldermann, 1835 * ''

Lampyris pallida ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Geisthardt, 1987 * ''

Lampyris pseudozenkeri ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Geisthardt, 1999 * ''

Lampyris raymondi ''Lampyris raymondi'' is a firefly species of the genus '' Lampyris'', belonging to the order Coleoptera. Description ''Lampyris raymondi'' can reach an adult size of about . This insect presents a conspicuous sexual dimorphism. The females gene ...

'' Mulsant & Rey, 1859 * ''

Lampyris sardiniae ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Geisthardt, 1987 * ''

Lampyris zenkeri ''Lampyris'' is a genus of beetles in the Lampyridae. In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant members of this family and includes the European common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...

'' Germar, 1817

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