G.J. Martin, K.F. Stanger-Hall et al. 2019. Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae...
Gavin J. Martin, Kathrin F. Stanger-Hall, Marc A. Branham, Luiz F. L. Da Silveira, Sarah E. Lower, David W. Hall, Xue-Yan Li, Alan R. Lemmon, Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Seth M. Bybee. 2019.
Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea).
Insect Systematics and Diversity, 2019, 3(6): 11; 1-15.
doi: 10.1093/isd/ixz024
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Abstract
Fireflies (Lampyridae Rafinesque, 1815) are a cosmopolitan group
of beetles with approximately 2,200 species (Branham 2010) and
a varied and confounded history of classification (Olivier 1907,
1910a; Green 1959; McDermott 1966; Crowson 1972; Nakane
1991; Jeng 2008).
Fireflies are a diverse family of beetles which exhibit
an array of morphologies
including varying antennal and photic organ features. Due in part to their morphological diversity, the classification
within the Lampyridae has long been in flux. Here we use an anchored hybrid enrichment approach to
reconstruct the most extensive molecular phylogeny of Lampyridae to date (436 loci and 98 taxa) and use this
phylogeny to evaluate the higher-level classification of the group. None of the currently recognized subfamilies
were recovered as monophyletic with high support. We propose several classification changes supported by
both phylogenetic and morphological evidence: 1) Pollaclasis Newman, Vestini McDermott (incl. Vesta Laporte,
Dodacles Olivier, Dryptelytra Laporte, and Ledocas Olivier), Photoctus McDermott, and Araucariocladus
Silveira & Mermudes are transferred to Lampyridae incertae sedis, 2) Psilocladinae Mcdermott, 1964 status
novum is reestablished for the genus Psilocladus Blanchard, 3) Lamprohizini Kazantsev, 2010 is elevated to
Lamprohizinae Kazantsev, 2010 status novum and Phausis LeConte is transferred to Lamprohizinae, 4) Memoan
Silveira and Mermudes is transferred to Amydetinae Olivier, and 5) Scissicauda McDermott is transferred to
Lampyrinae Rafinesque.