Species list, Checklist of Family Lampyridae (Fireflies) for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Family Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 (Fireflies)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Class	Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects	458 5336 18787	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Pterygota Lang, 1888 Winged insects	455 5331 18781	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Neoptera van der Wulp, 1890 Modern Wing-folding insects	433 5239 18576	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Holometabola Heider, 1889 Holometabolous Insects	291 4213 16123	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Beetles, Coleopterans	78 1509 6505	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886 Polyphags	71 1262 5308	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960	12 85 305	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815 Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles	5 59 206	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms	7 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Papua New Guinea
7 Genera with 6 Species

Atyphella A. S. Olliff, 1979		1	Species	Taxom
Australoluciola Ballantyne, 1910		1	Species	Taxom
Lampyris Geoffroy, 1767		1	Species	Taxom
Luciola Laporte, 1979	Japanese fireflies	1	Species	Taxom
Medeopteryx Ballantyne, 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Missimia Ballantyne, 2009		0	Species	Taxom
Pteroptyx Olivier, 1987		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Papua New Guinea
6 Species

Atyphella aphrogeneia Ballantyne, 1979
Australoluciola aspera E. Olivier, 1910	Sumba Buttonquail
Lampyris (Lampyris) noctiluca Linnaeus, 1767	Common glow-worm
Luciola (Luciola) aphrogeneia (Ballantyne &..., 1979)	⇒ Atyphella aphrogeneia Ballantyne, 1979
Medeopteryx effulgens Ballantyne, 1987	Purple Gallinule
Pteroptyx effulgens (Ballantyne, 1987)	⇒ Medeopteryx effulgens Ballantyne, 1987

Subnodes of Lampyridae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea

Subfamily	Lampyrinae Latreille, 1817	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Luciolinae Lacordaire, 1857	6 5	Genera Species	Taxom

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