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| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|Cenomanian|Present|[[Cenomanian]]-Recent}}
| image = Photuris lucicrescens.jpg
| image_caption = ''[[Photuris lucicrescens]]''<ref>Cirrus Digit [http://www.cirrusimage.com/beetle_firefly_Photuris_lucicrescens.htm Firefly ''Photuris lucicrescens'']</ref>
| image_alt = Photuris lucicrescens
| taxon = Lampyridae
| display_parents = 3
| authority = [[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Rafinesque]], 1815
| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies
| subdivision = Amydetinae<ref name=Martin2019>{{cite journal |last1=Martin |first1=Gavin J. |last2=Stanger-Hall |first2=Kathrin F. |last3=Branham | first3=Marc A. |last4=Da Silveira |first4=Luiz F. L. |last5=Lower |first5=Sarah E. |last6=Hall |first6=David W. |last7=Li |first7=Xue-Yan |last8=Lemmon |first8=Alan R. |last9=Moriarty Lemmon |first9=Emily |last10=Bybee |first10=Seth M. |display-authors=3 |editor-last=Jordal |editor-first=Bjarte |title=Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) |journal=[[Insect Systematics and Diversity]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] ) |volume=3 |issue=6 |date=1 November 2019  |doi=10.1093/isd/ixz024 }}</ref><br/>[[Cheguevariinae]]<ref name=Ferreira2019>{{cite journal |last1=Ferreira |first1=Vinicius S. |last2=Keller |first2=Oliver |last3=Branham |first3=Marc A. |last4=Ivie |first4=Michael A. |title=Molecular data support the placement of the enigmatic ''Cheguevaria'' as a subfamily of Lampyridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) |journal=[[Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society]] |volume=187 |issue=4 |pages=1253–1258 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2019 |doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz073 |doi-access=free }}</ref><br/>[[Chespiritoinae]]<ref name="FerreiraEtAl">{{cite journal |last1=Ferreira |first1=Vinicius S. |last2=Keller |first2=Oliver |last3=Branham |first3=Marc A |editor-last=Marvaldi |editor-first=Adriana |title=Multilocus Phylogeny Support the Nonbioluminescent Firefly Chespirito as a New Subfamily in the Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) |journal=[[Insect Systematics and Diversity]] |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |volume=4 |issue=6 |date=1 November 2020 |doi=10.1093/isd/ixaa014 }}</ref><br/>
[[Cyphonocerinae]]<br/>
Lamprohizinae<ref name=Martin2019/><br/>
[[Lampyrinae]]<br/>
[[Luciolinae]]<br/>
[[Ototretinae]]<br/>
[[Photurinae]]<br/>
Psilocladinae<ref name=Martin2019/><br/>
Pterotinae<ref name=Martin2019/>

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[[Genera]] ''[[incertae sedis]]'':<ref name="Martin2019" /><br/>
''Anadrilus'' <small>Kirsch, 1875</small><br/>
''Araucariocladus'' <small>Silveira and Mermudes, 2017</small><br/>
''Crassitarsus'' <small>Martin, 2019</small><br/>
''[[Lamprigera]]'' <small>Motschulsky, 1853</small><br/>
''[[Oculogryphus]]''<br/> <small>Jeng, Engel, and Yang, 2007</small><br/>
''Photoctus'' <small>McDermott, 1961</small><br/>
''[[Pollaclasis]]'' <small>Newman, 1838</small>
| image2 = Lampyris Noctiluca (firefly) mating.gif
| image2_caption = ''[[Lampyris noctiluca]]'' mating
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The '''Lampyridae''' are a [[family (biology)|family]] of [[Elateroidea|elateroid]] beetles with more than 2,000 described species, many of which are [[bioluminescence|light-emitting]]. They are soft-bodied beetles commonly called '''fireflies''', '''lightning bugs''', or '''[[glowworm]]s''' for their conspicuous production of light, mainly [[crepuscular|during twilight]], to attract mates.<ref>[https://bugguide.net/node/view/85#names BugGuide: common names]</ref>  The [[type species]] is ''[[Lampyris noctiluca]]'', the common glow-worm of Europe. Light production in the Lampyridae is thought to have originated as a [[Aposematism|warning]]  [[honest signal|signal]] that the [[larva]]e were distasteful. This ability to create light was then co-opted as a mating signal and, in a further development, adult female fireflies of the genus ''[[Photuris]]'' mimic the flash pattern of the ''[[Photinus (beetle)|Photinus]]'' beetle to trap their males as prey. <!--this is a summary of cited claims in the main text-->

Fireflies are found in [[temperate]] and [[tropical]] climates. Many live in [[marsh]]es or in wet, wooded areas where their larvae have abundant sources of food. Although all known fireflies glow as larvae, only some species produce light in their adult stage, and the location of the light organ varies among species and between sexes of the same species. Fireflies have attracted human attention since [[classical antiquity]]; their presence has been taken to signify a wide variety of conditions in different cultures and is especially appreciated aesthetically in Japan, where parks are set aside for this specific purpose.<!--this is a summary of cited claims in the main text-->