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<h2 id="systematics">Systematics</h2> <p>The group has recently been examined using molecular phylogenetics, using fairly comprehensive sampling.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="genera">Genera</h2> <ul><li><i><a href="/facts/Abscondita/QPPUf48a">Abscondita</a></i> Ballantyne, Lambkin & Fu, 2013</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Aquatica_(beetle)/NUwBQRkU">Aquatica</a></i> Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2010</li> <li><i>Aquilonia</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Asymmetricata/1WhmeVKo">Asymmetricata</a></i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Atyphella/Fdvybx57">Atyphella</a></i> Olliff, 1890</li> <li><i>Australoluciola</i> Ballantyne, 2013</li> <li><i>Colophotia</i> Motschulsky, 1853</li> <li><i>Convexa</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i>Curtos</i> Motschulsky, 1845</li> <li><i>Emarginata</i> Ballantyne, 2019</li> <li><i>Emeia</i> Fu, Ballantyne & Lambkin, 2012</li> <li><i>Gilvainsula</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Inflata/GFbC6YXE">Inflata</a></i> Boontop, 2015</li> <li><i>Kuantana</i> Ballantyne, 2019</li> <li><i>Lampyroidea</i> Costa, 1875</li> <li><i>Lloydiella</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Luciola/foyaqbwg">Luciola</a></i> Laporte, 1833</li> <li><i>Magnalata</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i>Medeopteryx</i> Ballantyne, 2013</li> <li><i>Missimia</i> Ballantyne, 2009</li> <li><i>Nipponoluciola</i> Ballantyne, 2022<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li> <li><i>Pacifica</i> Ballantyne, 2013</li> <li><i>Photuroluciola</i> Pic, 1931</li> <li><i><a href="/facts/Pteroptyx/DKwbs1cr">Pteroptyx</a></i> Olivier, 1902</li> <li><i>Pygatyphella</i> Ballantyne, 1968</li> <li><i>Pygoluciola</i> Wittmer, 1939</li> <li><i>Pyrophanes</i> Olivier, 1885</li> <li><i>Sclerotia</i> Ballantyne, 2016</li> <li><i>Serratia</i> Ballantyne, 2019</li> <li><i>Triangulara</i> Pimpasalee, 2016</li> <li><i>Trisinuata</i> Ballantyne, 2013</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Lloyd, James E. & Hillis, David M. (2007): Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): Implications for the evolution of light signals. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45(1): 33-49. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013 PMID 17644427 (HTML abstract) <a href="/wiki/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution" target="_blank">/wiki/Molecular_Phylogenetics_and_Evolution</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Martin, Gavin J.; Stanger-Hall, Kathrin F.; Branham, Marc A.; et al. (1 November 2019). Jordal, Bjarte (ed.). "Higher-Level Phylogeny and Reclassification of Lampyridae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". Insect Systematics and Diversity. 3 (6). Oxford University Press ). doi:10.1093/isd/ixz024. <a href="/wiki/Insect_Systematics_and_Diversity" target="_blank">/wiki/Insect_Systematics_and_Diversity</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Ballantyne, Lesley; Kawashima, Itsuro; Jusoh, Wan F.A.; Suzuki, Hirobumi (2022-12-30). "A new genus for two species of Japanese fireflies having aquatic larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae) and a definition of Luciola s. str". European Journal of Taxonomy. 855. Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle. doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.855.2023. ISSN 2118-9773. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5852%2Fejt.2022.855.2023" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.5852%2Fejt.2022.855.2023</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>