Lampyrini


The Lampyrini are a tribe of fireflies in the large subfamily Lampyrinae. The lineage formerly separated as Pleotomini seems to be a specialized offshoot of the Lampyrini not too distant from the type genus Lampyris and is therefore included here. This tribe occurs throughout the Holarctic and contains the typical "glowing" or "continuous-light" fireflies from that region. Some otherwise very advanced Lampyrini, like species in Paraphausis and Pyrocoelia, have degenerated light-producing organs again and communicate primarily or even exclusively with pheromones like the ancestors of the fireflies did.

Selected genera

The validity of several genera and the delimitation of others is in need of review.

Genera

These 16 genera belong to the tribe Lampyrini:
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net
Some of the Cratomorphini - maybe an entirely paraphyletic assemblage - might also belong here, e.g. Aspisoma.