Lampyris noctiluca

Lampyris noctiluca ♂

Lampyris noctiluca ♀

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Lampyridae
Subfamilia: Lampyrinae
Tribus: Lampyrini
Genus: Lampyris
Species: Lampyris noctiluca

Name

Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Original combination: Cantharis noctiluca Linnaeus, 1758

Synonyms

• Lampyris bellieri Reiche, 1858
• Lampyris carreti Olivier, 1895
• Lampyris longipennis Motschulsky, 1853
• Lampyris minor Olivier, 1901
• Lampyris obscurella Motschulsky, 1853
• Lampyris parvicollis Olivier, 1901
• Lampyris sibirica Gebler, 1847
• Lampyris submucronata Rey, 1891
• Lampyris thoracica Motschulsky, 1853

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp  DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 400.
• Novák, M. 2017. Redescription of immature stages of central European fireflies, Part 1: Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758) larva, pupa and notes on its biology (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Lampyrinae). Zootaxa 4247(4): 429–444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4247.4.5. Reference page. 

Links

• ZooBank: B6ED3FB0-C6AE-420B-ABB4-9BE97DF2DA85

Vernacular names

čeština: Světluška větší
dansk: Sankthansorm
Deutsch: Großer Leuchtkäfer
English: Common European Glowworm
suomi: Kiiltomato
français: Lampyre
magyar: Nagy szentjánosbogár
italiano: La lucciola
lietuvių: Paprastasis jonvabalis
Nederlands: Grote glimworm
polski: Świetlik świętojański
português: Vaga-lume, pirilampo
Runa Simi: China ninakuru
русский: Обыкновенный светляк
slovenčina: Svetluška svätojánska
svenska: Vanlig lysmask

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