Background Fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) are commonly recognized by adult traits,
such as a soft exoskeleton, lanterns and associated glow and flash patterns, but their larval …

Abstract Fireflies (Lampyridae Rafinesque) are a diverse family of beetles which exhibit an
array of morphologies including varying antennal and photic organ features. Due in part to …

Simple Summary Fireflies are a fascinating family of bioluminescent beetles with diverse
lifestyles and behaviors. This review summarizes new findings on their taxonomic and …

Adult fireflies exhibit unique flashing courtship signals, emitted by specialized light organs,
which develop mostly independently from larval light organs during the pupal stage. The …

In this study, we describe a new Lampyridae subfamily, Chespiritoinae new subfamily, its
sole genus Chespirito new genus, and three new species: Chespirito zaragozai new …

Simple Summary Here, we describe the spreading of a South American firefly in Europe that
established itself in northeastern Spain, probably in 2016. The population is expanding …

 Abstract Rhagophthalmidae are a small beetle family known from the eastern Palaearctic
and Oriental realms. Rhagophthalmidae are closely related to railroad worms …

 Abstract More than 4700 nominal family-group names (including names for fossils and
ichnotaxa) are nomenclaturally available in the order Coleoptera. Since each family-group …

Pteroptyx fireflies represent an important economic insect for ecotourism. Two methods,
visual counting and sweep net collection, were used to survey Pteroptyx species at 23 study …

Here, based on phylogenetic analyses of 18 taxa and 57 morphological characters, we
propose a new firefly genus, Costalampys gen. nov., to accommodate eleven species. Five …