LAMPYRIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(glowworms)

Subtaxon				Example images	Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
Lampyris noctiluca Glowworm					Species		36 images	2 ident. refs
Phosphaenus hemipterus a glow-worm					Species			1 ident. refs

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Family	LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
Superfamily	ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series	Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
Suborder	POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

LAMPYRIDAE is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Eversham, B.	2006	Cantharidae - keys to the adults of the British species	http://www.wildlifebcnp.org/ecology-resources.htm
	Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.)	1979	Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 6: Diversicornia	Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 6, 366pp, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld

LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

LAMPYRIDAE is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)