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; the larvae and larviform females are among those organisms commonly called "glowworms".
This genus is rather close to Pleotomus and its relatives. These were formerly separated as tribe Pleotomini, but appear to be a specialized offshoot of the Lampyrini.
Species
BioLib includes the following species:
- Lampyris algerica <small>Ancey, 1869</small>
- Lampyris ambigena <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1860</small>
- Lampyris angustula <small>Fairmaire, 1895</small>
- Lampyris brutia <small>Costa, 1882</small>
- Lampyris fuscata <small>Geisthardt, 1987</small>
- Lampyris germariensis <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1860</small>
- Lampyris hellenica <small>Geisthardt, 1983</small>
- Lampyris iberica <small>Geisthardt, Figueira, Day & De Cock, 2008</small>
- Lampyris lareynii <small>Jacquelin du Val, 1859</small>
- Lampyris monticola <small>Geisthardt, 2000</small>
- Lampyris noctiluca <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> - type species (as Cantharis noctiluca L. 1767)
- Lampyris orientalis <small>Faldermann, 1835</small>
- Lampyris pallida <small>Geisthardt, 1987</small>
- Lampyris pseudozenkeri <small>Geisthardt, 1999</small>
- Lampyris raymondi <small>Mulsant & Rey, 1859</small>
- Lampyris sardiniae <small>Geisthardt, 1987</small>
- Lampyris zenkeri <small>Germar, 1817</small>
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