| Lamprocerini | |
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| Lamprocera latreillei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Lampyridae |
| Subfamily: | Lampyrinae |
| Tribe: | Lamprocerini E. Olivier, 1907 |
The Lamprocerini are a tribe of fireflies in the large subfamily Lampyrinae, though at least some Lamprocerini species are not bioluminescent in the adult stage. They are generally neotropical, found in North America only as vagrants.
Systematics
The group has recently been examined using molecular phylogenetics, using fairly comprehensive sampling.
Genera
- Alecton Laporte, 1833
- Lamprocera Laporte, 1833
- Lucernuta Laporte, 1833
- Lucio Laporte, 1833
- Lychnacris Motschulsky, 1853
- Tenaspis LeConte, 1881
Footnotes
- Stanger-Hall et al. (2007)
- Martin, Gavin J; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F; Branham, Marc A; Da Silveira, Luiz F L; Lower, Sarah E; Hall, David W; Li, Xue-Yan; Lemmon, Alan R; Moriarty Lemmon, Emily; Bybee, Seth M (2019-11-01). Jordal, Bjarte (ed.). "Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 3 (6). Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/isd/ixz024. ISSN 2399-3421.
References
- Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 45(1): 33–49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013 PMID 17644427 PDF fulltext
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