Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Glowworm)

Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLampyris noctiluca (Glowworm)
FamilyLAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Cooter, J. & Barclay M.V.L. (eds) 2006 A Coleopterist’s handbook The Amateur Entomolgist, 11, Fourth Edition edition, 439pp, Amateur Entomologists’ Society
Tyler, J. 2008 Male Glow-worm with male Lesser Glow-worm Vol 20, No. 1 Page: 59

Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Clements, D. 2002 An artifical lure for Glow-worms British Wildlife Vol 14, No 1: 74.
Gardiner, T. & Tyler, J. 2002 Are Glow-worms disappearing? British Wildlife Vol 13, No 5: 313-391.
Gardiner, T 2009 Detection rates of adult male and larval Glow-worms from transect sampling AES Bulletin: 118-121.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm)
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