Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758), (glowworm)

13 Apr 2005 at OSGR: SU20 in South Hants, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:
Species: Lampyris noctiluca (Glowworm)
Family: LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
Superfamily: ELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series (Zoo.): Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
Suborder: POLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
Order: COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division (Zoo.): 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)

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

Record Summary	Larva - under fallen rotten wood
Found as	Larva
Date	13 April 2005
Associated organism	Fagus sylvatica
OS grid ref	OSGR: SU20
Lat/Lon	50° 50’ N, 1° 40’ W
Vice County	South Hants, VC no: 11
Country	England

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Lampyris noctiluca (Linnaeus, 1758), (glowworm)

13 Apr 2005 at OSGR: SU20 in South Hants, England

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Lampyris noctiluca is also a member of:

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