Checklist of Family Lampyridae Latreille, 1817 (Fireflies)
for Venezuela (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 514
6360
16212 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 512
6356
16208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 486
6227
15868 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 306
4996
13412 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 87
2064
5612 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 79
1857
5025 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 20
148
331 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 9
84
202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms | 11
13 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Venezuela
11 Genera with 13 Species | Aspisoma Laporte, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bicellonycha Motschulsky, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardioptera Burmeister, 1942 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cratomorphus Motschulsky, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heterophotinus Olivier, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrolampis Motschoulsky, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macromantis Saussure, 1773 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metriomantis Saussure & Z..., 1915 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microphotina Beier, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphotina Giglio-Tos, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Photina Burmeister, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Venezuela
13 Species | Aspisoma diaphanum Gorham, 1880 | | | Bicellonycha thiemeni Zaragoza Cab..., 1989 | | | Cardioptera brachyptera Burmeister, 1838 | | | Cardioptera parva Beier, 1942 | | | Cratomorphus signativentris E. Olivier, 1895 | Guineafowl | | Macrolampis meditabundus E. Olivier, 1905 | | | Macromantis hyalina De Geer, 1773 | | | Metriomantis ovata Saussure & Z..., 1894 | | | Metriomantis pilosella Giglio-Tos, 1915 | | | Microphotina vitripennis Saussure, 1872 | | | Paraphotina insolita Rehn, 1941 | | | Paraphotina reticulata Saussure, 1871 | | | Photina amplipennis Stål, 1877 | |
Subnodes of Lampyridae with occurrences in Venezuela
 | | Lampyridae (Latreille 1817) |
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