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Definition of Lampyris

Lampyris
Lampyris Lam*py"ris, n. [L., glowworm, Gr. (?).] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of coleopterous insects, including the glowworms.

Meaning of Lampyris from wikipedia

- species: Lampyris algerica Ancey, 1869 Lampyris ambigena Jacquelin du Val, 1860 Lampyris angustula Fairmaire, 1895 Lampyris brutia Costa, 1882 Lampyris fuscata...
- Lampyris noctiluca, the common glow-worm of Europe (see also "glowworm"), is the type species of beetle in the genus Lampyris and the family Lampyridae...
- Lampyris raymondi is a firefly species of the genus Lampyris, belonging to the order Coleoptera. Lampyris raymondi can reach an adult size of about 20...
- Lampyris iberica, the Iberian firefly, is a species of firefly. The species is endemic of the Iberian Peninsula and Southern France. "A review of Portuguese...
- Lampyris algerica is a species of firefly in the genus Lampyris. It lives in Algeria and is commonly known as a glowworm, although this name is not specific...
- glowworm is used for both adults and larvae of firefly species such as Lampyris noctiluca, the common European glowworm, in which only the nonflying adult...
- Many species of fireflies, such as the Lampyris noctiluca, communicate with light to attract mates....
- The larva of a glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) attacking and eating a land snail...
- At first it was thought to be related to the European glowworm beetle (Lampyris noctiluca) but, in 1886, a Christchurch teacher showed it was a larva of...
- glowworm (Zarhipis integripennis) Lampyridae: Female common glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca) from ****os, Turkey Lampyridae: Male common eastern firefly (Photinus pyralis)...