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Checklist for Family Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 (Fireflies)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
380
5457
14498
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
361
5373
14341
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
230
4404
12651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
70
1885
4696
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
66
1727
4273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
17
167
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
8
119
305
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms
17
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for French Guiana
17 Genera with 28 Species
Aspisoma Laporte, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Cardioptera Burmeister, 19323SpeciesTaxom
Cratomorphus Motschulsky, 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Dryptelytra Laporte de C..., 18331SpeciesTaxom
Lucidota Laporte, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Lucio Laporte, 02SpeciesTaxom
Macromantis Saussure, 20023SpeciesTaxom
Magnoculus McDermott, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Metriomantis Saussure & Z..., 19152SpeciesTaxom
Microphotina Beier, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Photina Burmeister, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Photinoides McDermott, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Photinus Laporte, 1790Rover fireflies2SpeciesTaxom
Photuris Dejean, 1837Femme fatale fireflies1SpeciesTaxom
Platylampis Motschulsky, 19431SpeciesTaxom
Psilocladus Blanchard, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Tenaspis LeConte, 19091SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
28 Species
Aspisoma ignitum Linnaeus, 1767Dixon's Striped Firefly
Cardioptera brachyptera Burmeister, 1838
Cardioptera nigridens Werner, 1926
Cardioptera squalodon Werner, 1932
Dryptelytra cayennensis Laporte de C..., 1833Bent two-whorl buckwheat
Lucidota albocornuta Pic, 1940
Lucidota bicellonycha McDermott, 1958Plumed Guineafowl
Lucidota elapsa E. Olivier, 1907
Lucidota pennata Dejean, 1837
Lucio maerens E. Olivier, 1912
Lucio moerens
Macromantis hyalina De Geer, 1773
Macromantis ovalifolia (Stoll, 1813)⇒ Macromantis hyalina De Geer, 1773
Macromantis saussurei Roy, 2002
Magnoculus brulei Constantin, 2011
Metriomantis ovata Saussure & Z..., 1894
Metriomantis pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915
Microphotina viridula Roy, 2019
Microphotina vitripennis Saussure, 1872
Photina amplipennis Stål, 1877
Photina vitrea De Haan, 1842
Photinoides mystrionophorus McDermott, 1963Buttonquail
Photinus calisius Pic, 1940Hoatzin
Photinus occidentalis G. Olivier, 1790
Photuris fulvipes Blanchard, 1837
Platylampis explanata Pic, 1943
Psilocladus inauditus E. Olivier, 1885
Tenaspis rufibasis E. Olivier, 1909

Subnodes of Lampyridae with occurrences in French Guiana
SubfamilyAmydetinae
E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLampyrinae
Latreille, 1817
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhoturinae
Lacordaire, 1857
8
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Lampyridae (Latreille 1817)
Lampyridae (Latreille 1817)


Links, sources and further information
Lampyridae at artfakta.se
Lampyridae at dyntaxa.se
Lampyridae at gbif.org
Lampyridae at irmng.org
Lampyridae at itis.gov
Lampyridae at marinespecies.org