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''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, 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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the larvae and larviform females are among those organisms commonly called " glowworms". This genus is rather close to ''
Pleotomus ''Pleotomus'' is a genus of fireflies in the family Lampyridae The Lampyridae are a family (biology), family of Elateroidea, elateroid beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are bioluminescence, light-emitting. They ...
'' and its relatives. These were formerly separated as tribe Pleotomini, but appear to be a specialized offshoot of the
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 ...
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Species

''BioLib'' includes the following species:BioLib.cz: genus ''Lampyris'' Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020)
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Lampyris algerica ''Lampyris algerica'' is a species of firefly in the genus ''Lampyris''. It lives in Algeria and is commonly known as a glowworm Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow ...
'' 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 ''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 ...
'' 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 common glow-worm, which is the type species. They produce a continuous glow;Stanger-Hall, ...
'' Geisthardt, 1987 * ''
Lampyris germariensis ''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 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 language, French as , is a def ...
'' 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'' (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species (as '' Cantharis 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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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q1316894 Lampyridae genera Bioluminescent insects