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Lampyris
Lampyris is a genus of beetles in the firefly family (Lampyridae). In most of western Eurasia, they are the predominant fireflies. They produce a continuous glow; the larvae and larviform females are among those organisms commonly called "glowworms".
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
European Glow-worm
speciesLampyris noctiluca
Iberian Glow-worm
speciesLampyris iberica
Lampyris raymondi
speciesLampyris raymondi
Lampyris fuscata
speciesLampyris fuscata
Lampyris zenkeri
speciesLampyris zenkeri
Lampyris ambigena
speciesLampyris ambigena
Lampyris sardiniae
speciesLampyris sardiniae
Corsican Glow-worm
speciesLampyris lareynii
Maltese Glow-worm
speciesLampyris pallida
Lampyris nervosa
speciesLampyris nervosa
Lampyris plurihomonyma
speciesLampyris plurihomonyma
Dalmatian Glow-worm
speciesLampyris germariensis
Lampyris brutia
speciesLampyris brutia
Lampyris pseudozenkeri
speciesLampyris pseudozenkeri
Lampyris turkestanica
speciesLampyris turkestanica
Lampyris orientalis
speciesLampyris orientalis
Lampyris somnambula
speciesLampyris somnambula
Lampyris mosambica
speciesLampyris mosambica
Lampyris australis
speciesLampyris australis
Lampyris algerica
speciesLampyris algerica
Lampyris angustula
speciesLampyris angustula
Lampyris atripennis
speciesLampyris atripennis
Lampyris discicollis
speciesLampyris discicollis
Lampyris imbecilla
speciesLampyris imbecilla
Lampyris longicollis
speciesLampyris longicollis
Lampyris melanoptera
speciesLampyris melanoptera
Lampyris natalensis
speciesLampyris natalensis
Lampyris nigripennis
speciesLampyris nigripennis
Lampyris tinctoria
speciesLampyris tinctoria
Lampyris troglodytes
speciesLampyris troglodytes
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 143620.