Copulation-clamps

Guides

• Lucidotini

  fireflies, lightning bugs

  Lucidotini is the largest tribe of fireflies (Lampyridae), comprising approximately 34 genera and 849 species—nearly one-third of all described firefly species worldwide. The tribe is taxonomically challenging due to overlapping diagnostic features across taxonomic levels and historical reliance on homoplastic morphological characters. Recent phylogenetic studies incorporating terminalia and genital traits have substantially improved genus-level delimitations within the group.

  LampyridaefirefliesNeotropicalAmazontaxonomyconvergent-evolutiongenital-morphologyphylogeneticssympatrycopulation-clamps