Taxonomy of Genus Luciola Laporte, 1833
Japanese fireflies
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 4179
190570
2444470 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 3816
189502
2439455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 3399
186457
2415487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 1891
142849
2048615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 592
62779
813516 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 274
54416
687671 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 52
4609
79150 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 23
2729
37099 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Lampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms | 261
3932 | Genera
Species | | Subfamily | Luciolinae
Lacordaire, 1857
| 38
690 | Genera
Species | | Tribe | Luciolini
Wittmer, 1939
| 34
643 | Genera
Species | | Genus | Luciola
Laporte, 1833
Japanese fireflies | 359 | Species |
Subnodes of Luciola Laporte, 1833 | Subgenus | Luciola (Hotaria)
Yuasa, 1937
| 2 | Species | | Subgenus | Luciola (Luciola)
Laporte, 1833
Japanese fireflies | 53 | Species | | Subgenus | Luciola (Photuroluciola)
Pic, 1931
| 1 | Species | | Subgenus | Luciola (Pygatyphella)
Ballantyne, 1970
| 5 | Species | | Subgenus | Luciola (Pygoluciola)
Wittmer, 1939
| 2 | Species | | Species | Luciola abboti
| | | | Species | Luciola abdominalis E. Olivier, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola abscondita E. Olivier, 1891
| | | | Species | Luciola acerra Gorham, 1895
| | | | Species | Luciola aegrota E.Olivier, 1891
| | | | Species | Luciola aemula E. Olivier, 1891
| | | | Species | Luciola affinis Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola ambita E. Olivier, 1896
| | | | Species | Luciola amplipennis Fairmaire, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola angusticollis E. Olivier, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola antennalis Bourgeois, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola anthracina E.Olivier, 1885
| | | | Species | Luciola antica Fairmaire, 1889 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) impedita
| | | | Species | Luciola antipoda Bourgeois, 1884
| | | | Species | Luciola antipodum Bourgeois, 1884
Water Rail, Western Water Rail | | | | Species | Luciola aphrogenia Ballantyne & Buck, 1979
| | | | Species | Luciola apicalis Eschscholtz, 1822
| | | | Species | Luciola aquilaclara Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013
| | | | Species | Luciola aspera E.Olivier, 1910
| | | | Species | Luciola atra Lea, 1921
| | | | Species | Luciola atriceps Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola atrimembris Pic, 1933
| | | | Species | Luciola atripes Pic, 1929
| | | | Species | Luciola atritarsis Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola atriventris Pic, 1925
| | | | Species | Luciola aurantiaca Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola auritula E. Olivier, 1910
| | | | Species | Luciola australis Fabricius, 1775 ⇒ Australoluciola australis
| | | | Species | Luciola basipennis Pic, 1958
| | | | Species | Luciola bicoloriceps Pic, 1924
| | | | Species | Luciola bicoloripes Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola bimaculata Klug, 1855
| | | | Species | Luciola bimaculicollis Boheman, 1851
| | | | Species | Luciola bimyxata Murray, 1867
| | | | Species | Luciola binhana Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola binotata Pic, 1951
| | | | Species | Luciola biscutellata Fairmaire, 1896
| | | | Species | Luciola bomansi Pic, 1956
| | | | Species | Luciola brahmina Bourgeois, 1890
| | | | Species | Luciola brevis Lea, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola burgeoni Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola caffra Boheman, 1851
| | | | Species | Luciola calceata E. Olivier, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola caledonica Bourgeois, 1884
| | | | Species | Luciola candezei E. Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola capensis Fabricius, 1775
| | | | Species | Luciola carinata Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola carinaticollis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola carolinae E.Olivier, 1911
| | | | Species | Luciola caucasica Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola cavifrons Fairmaire, 1900
| | | | Species | Luciola cerea Gorham, 1882
| | | | Species | Luciola chapaensis Pic, 1923
| | | | Species | Luciola christyi Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola cincta Fabricius, 1787
| | | | Species | Luciola cincticollis Klug, 1855
| | | | Species | Luciola cingulata Ernst, 1885
| | | | Species | Luciola circumdata Motschulsky, 1854
| | | | Species | Luciola cisteloides Klug, 1855
| | | | Species | Luciola clara E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola coarcticollis Olivier, 1888
| | | | Species | Luciola collaris Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola collarti Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola complanata Gorham, 1895
| | | | Species | Luciola completelimbata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola complicata Lea, 1921
| | | | Species | Luciola concreta E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola congoana E. Olivier, 1895
Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola consobrina Hicker, 1942
African Rail | | | | Species | Luciola costata Lea, 1921 ⇒ Luciola pici
| | | | Species | Luciola costipennis Gorham, 1880 ⇒ Curios costipennis
| | | | Species | Luciola costulata Fairmaire, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola cowleyi Blackburn, 1897 ⇒ Pygoluciola cowleyi
| | | | Species | Luciola coxalis Ernst, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola cribellata Olivier, 1892
| | | | Species | Luciola curticollis Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola decora Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola dejeani Gemminger, 1870 ⇒ Abscondita perplexa
| | | | Species | Luciola delauneyi Bourgeois, 1890
Demoiselle Crane | | | | Species | Luciola deleta Fairmaire, 1896
| | | | Species | Luciola dilatata Pic, 1929
| | | | Species | Luciola dilecta E. Olivier, 1908
| | | | Species | Luciola discicollis Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat | | | | Species | Luciola discobrunnescens Pic, 1951
| | | | Species | Luciola discoidalis Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola dispar Fairmaire, 1857
| | | | Species | Luciola doriae E. Olivier, 1885
| | | | Species | Luciola dregei Motschulsky, 1853
| | | | Species | Luciola dubia E. Olivier, 1903 ⇒ Abscondita perplexa
| | | | Species | Luciola errans E. Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola erythrocephalus E. Olivier, 1885 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola erytrocephalus Olivier, 1885 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola exigua Gyllenhal, 1817
| | | | Species | Luciola exoleta Motschulsky, 1854
| | | | Species | Luciola exstincta E. Olivier, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola extricans Walker, 1858
| | | | Species | Luciola falsa E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
| | | | Species | Luciola fasciiventris Fairmaire, 1898
| | | | Species | Luciola flammans Olliff, 1890
| | | | Species | Luciola flavescens Boisduval, 1835
| | | | Species | Luciola flebilis E. Olivier, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola formosana Matsumura, 1918 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) substriata
| | | | Species | Luciola foveicollis E.Olivier, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola fukiensis Pic, 1955
| | | | Species | Luciola fusca Motschulsky, 1854
| | | | Species | Luciola fuscula Boheman, 1851
| | | | Species | Luciola gaiffei Alluaud, 1899
Madagascar Rail | | | | Species | Luciola galactopyga Fairmaire, 1884
| | | | Species | Luciola gaudens E. Olivier, 1910
| | | | Species | Luciola gemina Ernst, 1906
| | | | Species | Luciola geniculata E. Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola gestroi Ernst, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola ghesquierei Pic, 1934
Queen of the prairie | | | | Species | Luciola gigantea Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola gigas E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola gorhami Ritsema, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola goudotii Laporte, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat | | | | Species | Luciola gowdeyi Pic, 1933
| | | | Species | Luciola graeca Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
| | | | Species | Luciola grandjeani Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola greaca Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
| | | | Species | Luciola guerini Laporte, 1833 ⇒ Atyphella guerini
| | | | Species | Luciola guigliae Ballantyne, 1970 ⇒ Pygoluciola guigliae
| | | | Species | Luciola hamulata E.Olivier, 1885
| | | | Species | Luciola hirticeps E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola horni Bourgeois, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola humeralis Walker, 1858
| | | | Species | Luciola humilis Ernst, 1896 ⇒ Australoluciola nigra
| | | | Species | Luciola hypocrita E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola ibukiyamana Nawa, 1921 ⇒ Luciola (Hotaria) parvula
| | | | Species | Luciola ignota E.Olivier, 1911
| | | | Species | Luciola illyrica Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
| | | | Species | Luciola imbellis E. Olivier, 1908
| | | | Species | Luciola imerinae Bourgeois, 1899
Guam Rail | | | | Species | Luciola immarginata Bourgeois, 1890
Demoiselle Crane | | | | Species | Luciola impolita Olivier, 1913 ⇒ Curtos impolitus
| | | | Species | Luciola impolitus Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola impressa E. Olivier, 1910
| | | | Species | Luciola incerta Boisduval, 1835
| | | | Species | Luciola inconspicua Lea, 1921 ⇒ Atyphella inconspicua
| | | | Species | Luciola indica Motschulsky, 1854
| | | | Species | Luciola infuscata Erichson, 1834
| | | | Species | Luciola inlateralis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola innotatipennis Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola insignis E. Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola insularis E. Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola intermedia Fairmaire, 1896
| | | | Species | Luciola intricata Walker, 1858
| | | | Species | Luciola jeanvoinei Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola jengai Ho, 2019
| | | | Species | Luciola krugeri E. Olivier, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola laeta Gerstaecker, 1871
| | | | Species | Luciola lambkinae Keller & Ballantyne, 2021
| | | | Species | Luciola lata Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola latediscoidalis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola latelimbata Pic, 1956
| | | | Species | Luciola leroyi Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola leucura E.Olivier, 1906
| | | | Species | Luciola limbata Blanchard, 1853
| | | | Species | Luciola limbatipennis Pic, 1923
| | | | Species | Luciola longula E. Olivier, 1914
White-naped Crane | | | | Species | Luciola lucernula Reiche in Galin, 1850
| | | | Species | Luciola lucifer Reiche & Saulcy, 1857
| | | | Species | Luciola lychnus Olliff, 1890 ⇒ Atyphella lychnus
| | | | Species | Luciola maculiscuta Fairmaire, 1884
| | | | Species | Luciola maculithorax Gemminger, 1870
| | | | Species | Luciola madagascariensis Guérin-Méneville, 1831
| | | | Species | Luciola maindroni Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola major Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola majuscula Lea, 1915
| | | | Species | Luciola mareei Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola marginipennis Boisduval, 1835
| | | | Species | Luciola mediodivisa Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola mediojuncta Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola mehadiensis Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola melancholica E. Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola melanura Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat | | | | Species | Luciola melaspis Bourgeois, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola mendax Ernst, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola mentonensis Peragallo, 1863 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola messoria E.Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola mingrelica Motschulsky, 1845 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola minor Baudi di Selve, 1873 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola minuta Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
| | | | Species | Luciola mocquerysi E. Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola multicostulata Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola mundula Olivier, 1913 ⇒ Curtos mundulus
| | | | Species | Luciola mundulus Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola mutata Pic, 1939
| | | | Species | Luciola needed
| | | | Species | Luciola niah Ho, 2019
| | | | Species | Luciola nicolleri Bugnion, 1922
| | | | Species | Luciola nicollieri Bugnion, 1922
| | | | Species | Luciola nigripes Gorham, 1903
| | | | Species | Luciola nigritarsis Pic, 1927
| | | | Species | Luciola nitidicollis Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola nitidula Fabricius, 1781
| | | | Species | Luciola noctivaga E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
| | | | Species | Luciola notaticollis Pic, 1914
| | | | Species | Luciola notatipennis E. Olivier, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola obscura Pic, 1928
| | | | Species | Luciola obscuripennis Klug, 1855
| | | | Species | Luciola obsoleta E.Olivier, 1911
| | | | Species | Luciola obtusangula Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
| | | | Species | Luciola ochracea Gorham, 1895
| | | | Species | Luciola oculofissa Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013
| | | | Species | Luciola oliveris McDermott, 1964
| | | | Species | Luciola olivieri Bourgeois, 1908
| | | | Species | Luciola olivierius McDermott, 1966
| | | | Species | Luciola overlaeti Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola pallescens Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola pallida Kolbe, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola pallidipes Pic, 1928
| | | | Species | Luciola papii Miksić, 1969 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola papuana E.Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola pattersoni Pic, 1935
| | | | Species | Luciola pectoralis
| | | | Species | Luciola peculiaris E.Olivier, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola pedemontana Motschulsky, 1853 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
| | | | Species | Luciola perpetiuscula Kolbe, 1887
| | | | Species | Luciola perplexa Walker, 1858
| | | | Species | Luciola perspicua E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola picea Gorham, 1882
| | | | Species | Luciola pici McDermott, 1966
| | | | Species | Luciola plagiata Blanchard, 1853 ⇒ Pacifica plagiata
| | | | Species | Luciola platygaster Lea, 1909 ⇒ Medeopteryx platygaster
| | | | Species | Luciola pontica Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
| | | | Species | Luciola pouilloni Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola praestans E. Olivier, 1896
Crested Guineafowl, Eastern Crested Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola praetermissa E. Olivier, 1909
| | | | Species | Luciola promelaena Walker, 1858
| | | | Species | Luciola pudica Olliff, 1890
| | | | Species | Luciola pumila Boheman, 1851
| | | | Species | Luciola puncticollis Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat | | | | Species | Luciola quadricostata Pic, 1938
| | | | Species | Luciola quadrimaculata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola quadripunctata Kolbe, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola recticollis E. Olivier, 1900
| | | | Species | Luciola robusticeps Pic, 1928
| | | | Species | Luciola roseicolllis Pic, 1933
| | | | Species | Luciola rubiginosa E.Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola ruficollis Guérin-Méneville, 1830
| | | | Species | Luciola rugiceps E. Olivier, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola salomonis E.Olivier, 1911
| | | | Species | Luciola sauteri E.Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola scheitzae Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola scintillans Olliff, 1890
| | | | Species | Luciola scutellaris Lea, 1929 ⇒ Australoluciola nigra
| | | | Species | Luciola semilimbata E.Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola semimarginata E. Olivier, 1902
| | | | Species | Luciola semiventralis Fairmaire, 1899
| | | | Species | Luciola semivittata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola septemmaculata E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl | | | | Species | Luciola seriata E. Olivier, 1891
| | | | Species | Luciola singapura Jusoh & Ballantyne, 2021
| | | | Species | Luciola sordida Olivier, 1905
| | | | Species | Luciola spectralis Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola spilodera Fairmaire, 1898
| | | | Species | Luciola stanleyi E. Olivier, 1913
| | | | Species | Luciola striata Fabricius, 1801
| | | | Species | Luciola subunicolor Pic, 1931
| | | | Species | Luciola succincta Bourgeois, 1890
| | | | Species | Luciola sudra Gorham, 1903
| | | | Species | Luciola suturalis Motschulsky, 1854 ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
| | | | Species | Luciola syriaca Costa, 1875
| | | | Species | Luciola tabida Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola taeniaticollis Fairmaire, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola tenuicornis E. Olivier, 1885
| | | | Species | Luciola testacea Motschulsky, 1854
| | | | Species | Luciola testaceipes Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola testaceiventris Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola testaceolineata Pic, 1939
| | | | Species | Luciola tetrasticta Fairmaire, 1888
| | | | Species | Luciola timida E. Olivier, 1883
| | | | Species | Luciola tincticollis Gorham, 1895
| | | | Species | Luciola tiomana Ho, 2019
| | | | Species | Luciola towadensis Nakane, 1987
| | | | Species | Luciola trimaculata Pic, 1916
| | | | Species | Luciola trivandrensis Raj, 1947
| | | | Species | Luciola truncata Olivier, 1886
| | | | Species | Luciola tuberculata Yiu, 2017
Lumpy-necked Flasher | | | | Species | Luciola turneri Pic, 1934
Queen of the prairie | | | | Species | Luciola umbratica E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
| | | | Species | Luciola undulata Pic, 1929
| | | | Species | Luciola varia E. Olivier, 1908
| | | | Species | Luciola variolosa Bourgeois, 1907
| | | | Species | Luciola vespertina Fabricius, 1801
| | | | Species | Luciola vitalisi Pic, 1934
| | | | Species | Luciola vittata Laporte, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat | | | | Species | Luciola vitticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874
| | | | Species | Luciola vleeschouwersi Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails | | | | Species | Luciola wittmeri Ballantyne, 1970 ⇒ Pygoluciola wittmeri
| | | | Species | Luciola wolfi E.Olivier, 1910
| | | | Species | Luciola xanthochroa Fairmaire, 1904
| | | | Species | Luciola xanthura Gorham, 1880
| | | | Species | Luciola yayeyamana Matsumura, 1918
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Synonyms Native, vernacular names and spellings of Luciola | English | Japanese fireflies |
Distribution of Luciola Laporte, 1833 Albania, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, China, Denmark, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Laos, Malaysia, Montenegro, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, New Zealand, Norway, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Zimbabwe
Found in fossile formations Rott Formation
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