Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Insecta - (Order) Coleoptera

Subsequent entries

Lampyris (Genus) Linnaeus, 1767

Current position

Elateroidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815

Ref: S.A. Slipinski et al., 2011: 205.

Alternative positions

Cantharoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.F. Lawrence, 1982: 513.
Coleoptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Polyphaga (Suborder) Emery, 1886	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 604.

Historical positions

Elateroidea (Superfamily) Leach, 1815	Ref: S.A. Slipinski et al., 2011: 205.
Cantharoidea (Superfamily)	Ref: J.F. Lawrence, 1982: 513.
Polyphaga (Suborder) Emery, 1886	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 604.
Polyphaga (Suborder) Emery, 1886	Ref: H. Freude et al., 1965: 139, 150.
Malacodermata (Family group)	Ref: B. Grzimek, 1973-1975

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	23g;9s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	100g2000s
2011	S.A. Slipinski et al.: 205	110g;2200s
1982	J.F. Lawrence: 513	100g2000s