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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
FamilyLampyridae
Latreille, 1817
Fireflies, Firefly, Firefly Beetles, Glow worms, Glowworms
261
3932
Genera
Species
SubfamilyLuciolinae
Lacordaire, 1857
38
690
Genera
Species
TribeLuciolini
Wittmer, 1939
34
643
Genera
Species
GenusLuciola
Laporte, 1833
Japanese fireflies
359Species
Subnodes of Luciola Laporte, 1833
SubgenusLuciola (Hotaria)
Yuasa, 1937
2Species
SubgenusLuciola (Luciola)
Laporte, 1833
Japanese fireflies
53Species
SubgenusLuciola (Photuroluciola)
Pic, 1931
1Species
SubgenusLuciola (Pygatyphella)
Ballantyne, 1970
5Species
SubgenusLuciola (Pygoluciola)
Wittmer, 1939
2Species
SpeciesLuciola abboti
SpeciesLuciola abdominalis E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesLuciola abscondita E. Olivier, 1891
SpeciesLuciola acerra Gorham, 1895
SpeciesLuciola aegrota E.Olivier, 1891
SpeciesLuciola aemula E. Olivier, 1891
SpeciesLuciola affinis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola ambita E. Olivier, 1896
SpeciesLuciola amplipennis Fairmaire, 1880
SpeciesLuciola angusticollis E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesLuciola antennalis Bourgeois, 1905
SpeciesLuciola anthracina E.Olivier, 1885
SpeciesLuciola antica Fairmaire, 1889  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) impedita
SpeciesLuciola antipoda Bourgeois, 1884
SpeciesLuciola antipodum Bourgeois, 1884
Water Rail, Western Water Rail
SpeciesLuciola aphrogenia Ballantyne & Buck, 1979
SpeciesLuciola apicalis Eschscholtz, 1822
SpeciesLuciola aquilaclara Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013
SpeciesLuciola aspera E.Olivier, 1910
SpeciesLuciola atra Lea, 1921
SpeciesLuciola atriceps Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola atrimembris Pic, 1933
SpeciesLuciola atripes Pic, 1929
SpeciesLuciola atritarsis Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola atriventris Pic, 1925
SpeciesLuciola aurantiaca Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola auritula E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesLuciola australis Fabricius, 1775  ⇒ Australoluciola australis
SpeciesLuciola basipennis Pic, 1958
SpeciesLuciola bicoloriceps Pic, 1924
SpeciesLuciola bicoloripes Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola bimaculata Klug, 1855
SpeciesLuciola bimaculicollis Boheman, 1851
SpeciesLuciola bimyxata Murray, 1867
SpeciesLuciola binhana Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola binotata Pic, 1951
SpeciesLuciola biscutellata Fairmaire, 1896
SpeciesLuciola bomansi Pic, 1956
SpeciesLuciola brahmina Bourgeois, 1890
SpeciesLuciola brevis Lea, 1909
SpeciesLuciola burgeoni Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola caffra Boheman, 1851
SpeciesLuciola calceata E. Olivier, 1905
SpeciesLuciola caledonica Bourgeois, 1884
SpeciesLuciola candezei E. Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola capensis Fabricius, 1775
SpeciesLuciola carinata Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola carinaticollis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola carolinae E.Olivier, 1911
SpeciesLuciola caucasica Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola cavifrons Fairmaire, 1900
SpeciesLuciola cerea Gorham, 1882
SpeciesLuciola chapaensis Pic, 1923
SpeciesLuciola christyi Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola cincta Fabricius, 1787
SpeciesLuciola cincticollis Klug, 1855
SpeciesLuciola cingulata Ernst, 1885
SpeciesLuciola circumdata Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesLuciola cisteloides Klug, 1855
SpeciesLuciola clara E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola coarcticollis Olivier, 1888
SpeciesLuciola collaris Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola collarti Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola complanata Gorham, 1895
SpeciesLuciola completelimbata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola complicata Lea, 1921
SpeciesLuciola concreta E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola congoana E. Olivier, 1895
Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola consobrina Hicker, 1942
African Rail
SpeciesLuciola costata Lea, 1921  ⇒ Luciola pici
SpeciesLuciola costipennis Gorham, 1880  ⇒ Curios costipennis
SpeciesLuciola costulata Fairmaire, 1886
SpeciesLuciola cowleyi Blackburn, 1897  ⇒ Pygoluciola cowleyi
SpeciesLuciola coxalis Ernst, 1883
SpeciesLuciola cribellata Olivier, 1892
SpeciesLuciola curticollis Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola decora Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola dejeani Gemminger, 1870  ⇒ Abscondita perplexa
SpeciesLuciola delauneyi Bourgeois, 1890
Demoiselle Crane
SpeciesLuciola deleta Fairmaire, 1896
SpeciesLuciola dilatata Pic, 1929
SpeciesLuciola dilecta E. Olivier, 1908
SpeciesLuciola discicollis Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat
SpeciesLuciola discobrunnescens Pic, 1951
SpeciesLuciola discoidalis Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola dispar Fairmaire, 1857
SpeciesLuciola doriae E. Olivier, 1885
SpeciesLuciola dregei Motschulsky, 1853
SpeciesLuciola dubia E. Olivier, 1903  ⇒ Abscondita perplexa
SpeciesLuciola errans E. Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola erythrocephalus E. Olivier, 1885  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola erytrocephalus Olivier, 1885  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola exigua Gyllenhal, 1817
SpeciesLuciola exoleta Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesLuciola exstincta E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesLuciola extricans Walker, 1858
SpeciesLuciola falsa E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesLuciola fasciiventris Fairmaire, 1898
SpeciesLuciola flammans Olliff, 1890
SpeciesLuciola flavescens Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesLuciola flebilis E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesLuciola formosana Matsumura, 1918  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) substriata
SpeciesLuciola foveicollis E.Olivier, 1909
SpeciesLuciola fukiensis Pic, 1955
SpeciesLuciola fusca Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesLuciola fuscula Boheman, 1851
SpeciesLuciola gaiffei Alluaud, 1899
Madagascar Rail
SpeciesLuciola galactopyga Fairmaire, 1884
SpeciesLuciola gaudens E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesLuciola gemina Ernst, 1906
SpeciesLuciola geniculata E. Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola gestroi Ernst, 1902
SpeciesLuciola ghesquierei Pic, 1934
Queen of the prairie
SpeciesLuciola gigantea Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola gigas E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola gorhami Ritsema, 1883
SpeciesLuciola goudotii Laporte, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat
SpeciesLuciola gowdeyi Pic, 1933
SpeciesLuciola graeca Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
SpeciesLuciola grandjeani Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola greaca Laporte de Castelnau, 1833
SpeciesLuciola guerini Laporte, 1833  ⇒ Atyphella guerini
SpeciesLuciola guigliae Ballantyne, 1970  ⇒ Pygoluciola guigliae
SpeciesLuciola hamulata E.Olivier, 1885
SpeciesLuciola hirticeps E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola horni Bourgeois, 1905
SpeciesLuciola humeralis Walker, 1858
SpeciesLuciola humilis Ernst, 1896  ⇒ Australoluciola nigra
SpeciesLuciola hypocrita E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola ibukiyamana Nawa, 1921  ⇒ Luciola (Hotaria) parvula
SpeciesLuciola ignota E.Olivier, 1911
SpeciesLuciola illyrica Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
SpeciesLuciola imbellis E. Olivier, 1908
SpeciesLuciola imerinae Bourgeois, 1899
Guam Rail
SpeciesLuciola immarginata Bourgeois, 1890
Demoiselle Crane
SpeciesLuciola impolita Olivier, 1913  ⇒ Curtos impolitus
SpeciesLuciola impolitus Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola impressa E. Olivier, 1910
SpeciesLuciola incerta Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesLuciola inconspicua Lea, 1921  ⇒ Atyphella inconspicua
SpeciesLuciola indica Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesLuciola infuscata Erichson, 1834
SpeciesLuciola inlateralis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola innotatipennis Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola insignis E. Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola insularis E. Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola intermedia Fairmaire, 1896
SpeciesLuciola intricata Walker, 1858
SpeciesLuciola jeanvoinei Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola jengai Ho, 2019
SpeciesLuciola krugeri E. Olivier, 1905
SpeciesLuciola laeta Gerstaecker, 1871
SpeciesLuciola lambkinae Keller & Ballantyne, 2021
SpeciesLuciola lata Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola latediscoidalis Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola latelimbata Pic, 1956
SpeciesLuciola leroyi Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola leucura E.Olivier, 1906
SpeciesLuciola limbata Blanchard, 1853
SpeciesLuciola limbatipennis Pic, 1923
SpeciesLuciola longula E. Olivier, 1914
White-naped Crane
SpeciesLuciola lucernula Reiche in Galin, 1850
SpeciesLuciola lucifer Reiche & Saulcy, 1857
SpeciesLuciola lychnus Olliff, 1890  ⇒ Atyphella lychnus
SpeciesLuciola maculiscuta Fairmaire, 1884
SpeciesLuciola maculithorax Gemminger, 1870
SpeciesLuciola madagascariensis Guérin-Méneville, 1831
SpeciesLuciola maindroni Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola major Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola majuscula Lea, 1915
SpeciesLuciola mareei Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola marginipennis Boisduval, 1835
SpeciesLuciola mediodivisa Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola mediojuncta Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola mehadiensis Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola melancholica E. Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola melanura Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat
SpeciesLuciola melaspis Bourgeois, 1909
SpeciesLuciola mendax Ernst, 1905
SpeciesLuciola mentonensis Peragallo, 1863  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola messoria E.Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola mingrelica Motschulsky, 1845  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola minor Baudi di Selve, 1873  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola minuta Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
SpeciesLuciola mocquerysi E. Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola multicostulata Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola mundula Olivier, 1913  ⇒ Curtos mundulus
SpeciesLuciola mundulus Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola mutata Pic, 1939
SpeciesLuciola needed
SpeciesLuciola niah Ho, 2019
SpeciesLuciola nicolleri Bugnion, 1922
SpeciesLuciola nicollieri Bugnion, 1922
SpeciesLuciola nigripes Gorham, 1903
SpeciesLuciola nigritarsis Pic, 1927
SpeciesLuciola nitidicollis Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola nitidula Fabricius, 1781
SpeciesLuciola noctivaga E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesLuciola notaticollis Pic, 1914
SpeciesLuciola notatipennis E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesLuciola obscura Pic, 1928
SpeciesLuciola obscuripennis Klug, 1855
SpeciesLuciola obsoleta E.Olivier, 1911
SpeciesLuciola obtusangula Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
SpeciesLuciola ochracea Gorham, 1895
SpeciesLuciola oculofissa Ballantyne in Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2013
SpeciesLuciola oliveris McDermott, 1964
SpeciesLuciola olivieri Bourgeois, 1908
SpeciesLuciola olivierius McDermott, 1966
SpeciesLuciola overlaeti Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola pallescens Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola pallida Kolbe, 1883
SpeciesLuciola pallidipes Pic, 1928
SpeciesLuciola papii Miksić, 1969  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola papuana E.Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola pattersoni Pic, 1935
SpeciesLuciola pectoralis
SpeciesLuciola peculiaris E.Olivier, 1909
SpeciesLuciola pedemontana Motschulsky, 1853  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
SpeciesLuciola perpetiuscula Kolbe, 1887
SpeciesLuciola perplexa Walker, 1858
SpeciesLuciola perspicua E. Olivier, 1907
Helmeted Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola picea Gorham, 1882
SpeciesLuciola pici McDermott, 1966
SpeciesLuciola plagiata Blanchard, 1853  ⇒ Pacifica plagiata
SpeciesLuciola platygaster Lea, 1909  ⇒ Medeopteryx platygaster
SpeciesLuciola pontica Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) lusitanica
SpeciesLuciola pouilloni Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola praestans E. Olivier, 1896
Crested Guineafowl, Eastern Crested Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola praetermissa E. Olivier, 1909
SpeciesLuciola promelaena Walker, 1858
SpeciesLuciola pudica Olliff, 1890
SpeciesLuciola pumila Boheman, 1851
SpeciesLuciola puncticollis Castelnau, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat
SpeciesLuciola quadricostata Pic, 1938
SpeciesLuciola quadrimaculata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola quadripunctata Kolbe, 1883
SpeciesLuciola recticollis E. Olivier, 1900
SpeciesLuciola robusticeps Pic, 1928
SpeciesLuciola roseicolllis Pic, 1933
SpeciesLuciola rubiginosa E.Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola ruficollis Guérin-Méneville, 1830
SpeciesLuciola rugiceps E. Olivier, 1886
SpeciesLuciola salomonis E.Olivier, 1911
SpeciesLuciola sauteri E.Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola scheitzae Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola scintillans Olliff, 1890
SpeciesLuciola scutellaris Lea, 1929  ⇒ Australoluciola nigra
SpeciesLuciola semilimbata E.Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola semimarginata E. Olivier, 1902
SpeciesLuciola semiventralis Fairmaire, 1899
SpeciesLuciola semivittata Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola septemmaculata E. Olivier, 1888
Vulturine Guineafowl
SpeciesLuciola seriata E. Olivier, 1891
SpeciesLuciola singapura Jusoh & Ballantyne, 2021
SpeciesLuciola sordida Olivier, 1905
SpeciesLuciola spectralis Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola spilodera Fairmaire, 1898
SpeciesLuciola stanleyi E. Olivier, 1913
SpeciesLuciola striata Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesLuciola subunicolor Pic, 1931
SpeciesLuciola succincta Bourgeois, 1890
SpeciesLuciola sudra Gorham, 1903
SpeciesLuciola suturalis Motschulsky, 1854  ⇒ Luciola (Luciola) italica
SpeciesLuciola syriaca Costa, 1875
SpeciesLuciola tabida Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola taeniaticollis Fairmaire, 1886
SpeciesLuciola tenuicornis E. Olivier, 1885
SpeciesLuciola testacea Motschulsky, 1854
SpeciesLuciola testaceipes Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola testaceiventris Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola testaceolineata Pic, 1939
SpeciesLuciola tetrasticta Fairmaire, 1888
SpeciesLuciola timida E. Olivier, 1883
SpeciesLuciola tincticollis Gorham, 1895
SpeciesLuciola tiomana Ho, 2019
SpeciesLuciola towadensis Nakane, 1987
SpeciesLuciola trimaculata Pic, 1916
SpeciesLuciola trivandrensis Raj, 1947
SpeciesLuciola truncata Olivier, 1886
SpeciesLuciola tuberculata Yiu, 2017
Lumpy-necked Flasher
SpeciesLuciola turneri Pic, 1934
Queen of the prairie
SpeciesLuciola umbratica E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
SpeciesLuciola undulata Pic, 1929
SpeciesLuciola varia E. Olivier, 1908
SpeciesLuciola variolosa Bourgeois, 1907
SpeciesLuciola vespertina Fabricius, 1801
SpeciesLuciola vitalisi Pic, 1934
SpeciesLuciola vittata Laporte, 1833
Bent two-whorl buckwheat
SpeciesLuciola vitticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874
SpeciesLuciola vleeschouwersi Pic, 1952
Cranes, Rails
SpeciesLuciola wittmeri Ballantyne, 1970  ⇒ Pygoluciola wittmeri
SpeciesLuciola wolfi E.Olivier, 1910
SpeciesLuciola xanthochroa Fairmaire, 1904
SpeciesLuciola xanthura Gorham, 1880
SpeciesLuciola yayeyamana Matsumura, 1918

Synonyms
Delopleurus (Motschoulsky, 1853)
Delopyrus (Motschoulsky, 1853)
Hotaria (Yuasa, 1937)
Photuroluciola (Pic, 1931)
Pygatyphella (Ballantyne, 1968)
Pygolampis (Kirby & Spence, 1828)
Pygoluciola (Wittmer, 1939)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Luciola
EnglishJapanese 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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