LAMPYRIDAE Rafinesque, 1815
(glowworms)

LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Lampyris noctiluca
Glowworm
Species 5 references
Phosphaenus hemipterus
a glow-worm
Species 2 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyLAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
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:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Alexander, K.N.A 2003 Provisional atlas of the Cantharoidea and Buprestoidea (Coleoptera) of Britain and Ireland. 86pp, Biological Records Centre

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 36 images of LAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
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