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Luciola Laporte, 1833
Taxonomic Serial No.: 722429

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Bourgeoisia E. Olivier, 1908
		Hotaria Yuasa, 1937
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2021

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Polyphaga Emery, 1886
	Infraorder	Elateriformia Crowson, 1960
	Superfamily	Elateroidea Leach, 1815
	Family	Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815 – fireflies, lightningbugs, glow worms, lightning bugs
	Subfamily	Luciolinae Lacordaire, 1857
	Tribe	Luciolini Lacordaire, 1857
	Genus	Luciola Laporte, 1833
		Direct Children:
	Species	Luciola affinis Ritsema, 1875
	Species	Luciola amplipennis Fairmaire, 1880
	Species	Luciola angusticollis E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Luciola antennalis Bourgeois, 1905
	Species	Luciola antica Boisduval, 1835
	Species	Luciola antipodum Bourgeois, 1884
	Species	Luciola apicalis (Eschscholtz, 1822)
	Species	Luciola aquilaclara Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013
	Species	Luciola atriceps Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola atrimembris Pic, 1933
	Species	Luciola atripes Pic, 1929
	Species	Luciola atritarsis Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola atriventris Pic, 1925
	Species	Luciola aurantiaca Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola auritula E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Luciola basipennis Pic, 1958
	Species	Luciola bicoloriceps Pic, 1924
	Species	Luciola bimaculata Klug, 1855
	Species	Luciola bimaculicollis (Boheman, 1851)
	Species	Luciola binhana Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola binotata Pic, 1951
	Species	Luciola biscutellata Fairmaire, 1896
	Species	Luciola bomansi Pic, 1956
	Species	Luciola bourgeoisi E. Olivier, 1895
	Species	Luciola burgeoni Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola caffra (Boheman, 1851)
	Species	Luciola candezei E. Olivier, 1902
	Species	Luciola capensis (Fabricius, 1775)
	Species	Luciola carinaticollis Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola cavifrons Fairmaire, 1900
	Species	Luciola chapaensis Pic, 1923
	Species	Luciola christyi Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola cincta (Fabricius, 1787)
	Species	Luciola cincticollis Klug, 1855
	Species	Luciola cingulata E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Luciola cisteloides Klug, 1855
	Species	Luciola clara E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Luciola collarti Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola complanata Gorham, 1895
	Species	Luciola completelimbata Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola concreta E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Luciola congoana E. Olivier, 1895
	Species	Luciola consobrina Hicker, 1942
	Species	Luciola costulata Fairmaire, 1886
	Species	Luciola coxalis E. Olivier, 1883
	Species	Luciola cruciata Motschulsky, 1854
	Species	Luciola curticollis Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola curtithorax Pic, 1928
	Species	Luciola davidis E. Olivier, 1895
	Species	Luciola delauneyi Bourgeois, 1890
	Species	Luciola deleta Fairmaire, 1896
	Species	Luciola deplanata Pic, 1929
	Species	Luciola dilatata Pic, 1929
	Species	Luciola dilecta E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Luciola discicollis Laporte, 1833
	Species	Luciola discobrunnescens Pic, 1951
	Species	Luciola discoidalis Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola dregei (Motschulsky, 1853)
	Species	Luciola errans E. Olivier, 1902
	Species	Luciola exigua (Gyllenhal in Schönherr, 1817)
	Species	Luciola exoleta Motschulsky, 1854
	Species	Luciola exstincta E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Luciola extricans (Walker, 1858)
	Species	Luciola falsa E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Luciola fasciiventris Fairmaire, 1898
	Species	Luciola filiformis E. Olivier, 1913
	Species	Luciola fissicollis Fairmaire, 1891
	Species	Luciola flava Pic, 1929
	Species	Luciola flavescens (Boisduval, 1835)
	Species	Luciola flebilis E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Luciola fukiensis Pic, 1955
	Species	Luciola fusca (Motschulsky, 1854)
	Species	Luciola fuscula (Boheman, 1851)
	Species	Luciola gaiffei Alluaud, 1899
	Species	Luciola galactopyga Fairmaire, 1884
	Species	Luciola gaudens E. Olivier, 1910
	Species	Luciola gemina E. Olivier, 1905
	Species	Luciola geniculata E. Olivier, 1902
	Species	Luciola ghesquierei Pic, 1934
	Species	Luciola gigantea Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola gigas E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Luciola gowdeyi Pic, 1933
	Species	Luciola grandjeani Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola guerini Laporte, 1833
	Species	Luciola hirticeps E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Luciola horni Bourgeois, 1905
	Species	Luciola hypocrita E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Luciola ibukiyamana Nawa, 1921
	Species	Luciola imbellis E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Luciola imerinae Bourgeois, 1899
	Species	Luciola immarginata Bourgeois, 1890
	Species	Luciola impedita E. Olivier, 1902
	Species	Luciola incerta (Boisduval, 1835)
	Species	Luciola infuscata (Erichson, 1834)
	Species	Luciola inlateralis Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola innotatipennis Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola insignis E. Olivier, 1883
	Species	Luciola intermedia Fairmaire, 1896
	Species	Luciola intricata (Walker, 1858)
	Species	Luciola italica (Linnaeus, 1767)
	Species	Luciola japonica (Thunberg, 1784)
	Species	Luciola jeanvoinei Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola jengai Nada in Ballantyne et al., 2019
	Species	Luciola judaica E. Olivier, 1884
	Species	Luciola kagiana Matsumura, 1928
	Species	Luciola kervillei E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Luciola klapperichi Pic, 1955
	Species	Luciola krugeri E. Olivier, 1905
	Species	Luciola kuroiwae Matsumura, 1918
	Species	Luciola laeta Gerstaecker, 1871
	Species	Luciola lambkinae Keller and Ballantyne, 2021
	Species	Luciola latediscoidalis Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola latelimbata Pic, 1956
	Species	Luciola laticollis Gorham, 1883
	Species	Luciola leroyi Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola limbalis Fairmaire, 1889
	Species	Luciola limbatipennis Pic, 1923
	Species	Luciola longula E. Olivier, 1914
	Species	Luciola lucernula Reiche in Galin, 1850
	Species	Luciola lusitanica (Charpentier, 1825)
	Species	Luciola maculiscuta Fairmaire, 1884
	Species	Luciola madagascariensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1831)
	Species	Luciola magambae McDermott, 1963
	Species	Luciola maindroni Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola major Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola mareei Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola mediodivisa Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola mediojuncta Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola melancholica E. Olivier, 1913
	Species	Luciola melanura Laporte, 1833
	Species	Luciola mendax E. Olivier, 1905
	Species	Luciola mocquerysi E. Olivier, 1902
	Species	Luciola mongolica Motschulsky, 1860
	Species	Luciola multicostulata Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola mutata Pic, 1939
	Species	Luciola niah Jusoh in Ballantyne et al., 2019
	Species	Luciola nicolleri Bugnion, 1922
	Species	Luciola nigripes Gorham, 1903
	Species	Luciola nigritarsis Pic, 1927
	Species	Luciola nitidicollis Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola nitidula (Fabricius, 1781)
	Species	Luciola noctivaga E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Luciola notaticollis Pic, 1914
	Species	Luciola novaki Müller, 1946
	Species	Luciola obscura Pic, 1928
	Species	Luciola obscuripennis Klug, 1855
	Species	Luciola ochracea Gorham, 1895
	Species	Luciola oculofissa Ballantyne in Ballantyne and Lambkin, 2013
	Species	Luciola olivieri Bourgeois in Sjostedt, 1908
	Species	Luciola overlaeti Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola owadai Satô and Kimura, 1994
	Species	Luciola pallida Kolbe, 1883
	Species	Luciola pallidipes Pic, 1928
	Species	Luciola papariensis Doi, 1932
	Species	Luciola parvula Kiesenwetter, 1874
	Species	Luciola pattersoni Pic, 1935
	Species	Luciola perpetiuscula Kolbe, 1887
	Species	Luciola perspicua E. Olivier, 1907
	Species	Luciola picea Gorham, 1882
	Species	Luciola pici McDermott, 1966
	Species	Luciola picticollis Kiesenwetter, 1874
	Species	Luciola pieli Pic, 1939
	Species	Luciola pouilloni Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola praestans E. Olivier, 1896
	Species	Luciola praetermissa E. Olivier, 1909
	Species	Luciola pumila (Boheman, 1851)
	Species	Luciola puncticollis Laporte, 1833
	Species	Luciola quadrimaculata Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola recticollis E. Olivier, 1900
	Species	Luciola robusticeps Pic, 1928
	Species	Luciola roseicolllis Pic, 1933
	Species	Luciola ruficollis (Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
	Species	Luciola rugiceps E. Olivier, 1886
	Species	Luciola satoi Jeng and Yang in Jeng et al., 2003
	Species	Luciola scheitzae Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola semiventralis Fairmaire, 1899
	Species	Luciola semivittata Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola septemmaculata E. Olivier, 1888
	Species	Luciola singapura Jusoh and Ballantyne in Jusoh et al., 2021
	Species	Luciola sordida E. Olivier, 1905
	Species	Luciola spectralis Gorham, 1880
	Species	Luciola spilodera Fairmaire, 1898
	Species	Luciola stanleyi E. Olivier, 1913
	Species	Luciola stigmaticollis Fairmaire, 1887
	Species	Luciola subunicolor Pic, 1931
	Species	Luciola sudra Gorham, 1903
	Species	Luciola syriaca (Costa, 1875)
	Species	Luciola tabida Gorham, 1880
	Species	Luciola taeniaticollis Fairmaire, 1886
	Species	Luciola tenuicornis E. Olivier, 1885
	Species	Luciola testaceipes Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola testaceiventris Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola tetrasticta Fairmaire, 1888
	Species	Luciola tincticollis Gorham, 1895
	Species	Luciola tiomana Ballantyne in Ballantyne et al., 2019
	Species	Luciola trimaculata Pic, 1916
	Species	Luciola trivandrensis Raj, 1947
	Species	Luciola tsushimana Nakane, 1970
	Species	Luciola tuberculata Yiu, 2017
	Species	Luciola turneri Pic, 1934
	Species	Luciola umbratica E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907
	Species	Luciola unmunsana Doi, 1931
	Species	Luciola varia E. Olivier, 1908
	Species	Luciola vittata Laporte, 1833
	Species	Luciola vleeschouwersi Pic, 1952
	Species	Luciola xanthochroa Fairmaire, 1904
	Species	Luciola xanthura Gorham, 1880

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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Ballantyne, L. A., C. L. Lambkin, J.- Z. Ho, W. F. A. Jusoh, B. Nada, S. Nak-Eiam et al.
	Publication Date:	2019
	Article/Chapter Title:	The Luciolinae of S. E. Asia and the Australopacific region: a revisionary checklist (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) including description of three new genera and 13 new species
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Zootaxa, vol. 4687, no. 1
	Page(s):	1-174
	Publisher:
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	ISBN/ISSN:	1175-5326
	Notes:	remaining authors are: A. Thancharoen, W. Wattanachaiyingcharoen and V. Yiu
	Reference for:	Luciola

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Lloyd, James E. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds.
	Publication Date:	2002
	Article/Chapter Title:	Family 62. Lampyridae Latreille 1817
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
	Page(s):	187-196
	Publisher:	CRC Press LLC
	Publication Place:	Boca Raton, Florida, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8493-0954-9
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Luciola

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Martin, Gavin J., Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira et al.
	Publication Date:	2019
	Article/Chapter Title:	Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Insect Systematics and Diversity, vol. 3, issue 6
	Page(s):	1-15
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	ISBN/ISSN:	2399-3421
	Notes:	remaining authors: X. Lui, A. R. Lemmon, E. M. Lemmon, and S. M. Bybee. Corrections to publicaton online 17 December, 2019
	Reference for:	Luciola

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	McDermott, F. A. / Steel, W. O., ed.
	Publication Date:	1966
	Article/Chapter Title:	Lampyridae
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa, pars 9
	Page(s):	149
	Publisher:	Uitgeverij Dr. W. Junk
	Publication Place:	's-Gravenhage, The Netherlands
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	Notes:	The author's name is mistakenly given as 'McDermot' on the cover and title page, but on page 1 of the work it correctly lists McDermott
	Reference for:	Luciola

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Comments


	Comment:	As defined by Ballantyne and Lambkin 2013

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