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. PDF fulltext 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:https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id9567/ BioLib.cz: genus Lampyris Geoffroy, 1762 (retrieved 25 June 2020) Lampyris algerica Ancey, 1869 Lampyris ambigena Jacquelin du Val, 1860 Lampyris angustula Fairmaire, 1895 Lampyris brutia Costa, 1882 Lampyris fuscata Geisthardt, 1987 Lampyris germariensis Jacquelin du Val, 1860 Lampyris hellenica Geisthardt, 1983 Lampyris iberica Geisthardt, Figueira, Day & De Cock, 2008 Lampyris lareynii Jacquelin du Val, 1859 Lampyris monticola Geisthardt, 2000 Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1767) - type species (as Cantharis noctiluca L. 1767) Lampyris orientalis Faldermann, 1835 Lampyris pallida Geisthardt, 1987 Lampyris pseudozenkeri Geisthardt, 1999 Lampyris raymondi Mulsant & Rey, 1859 Lampyris sardiniae Geisthardt, 1987 Lampyris zenkeri Germar, 1817
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