Lampyridae Sentence Examples

The name "firefly" is often applied also to luminous beetles of the family Lampyridae, to which the well-known glow-worm belongs.

The Lampyridae are a large family, of which the glow-worm (Lampyris) and the "soldier beetles" (Telephorus) are familiar examples.

In many genera of Lampyridae the female can fly as well as the male; among these are the South European "fireflies."