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Glow worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They may sometimes resemble worms, but all are insects (''Arachnocampa'' and ''Orfelia'' being flies and all the others being beetles). ==Classification== Order: Coleoptera (Beetles) Major families are: * Lampyridae (fireflies), found around the world. The wingless adult female is the glowworm of literature, especially ''Lampyris noctiluca'' (the "glow-worm" proper of British English) found in most of Europe. In this species the male flies but does not glow. A glow worm looks like a female firefly without wings. In some areas, a Firefly can also refer to members of the Luciola genus in the same family, found commonly throughout Europe, in which both the males and the flightless females glow. * Phengodidae, found in North America and South America * Rhagophthalmidae, found in Asia * Keroplatidae (flies, order Diptera): the genus ''Arachnocampa'' (formerly called ''Bolitiphila''), found in New Zealand and Australia * Mycetophilidae (flies, order Diptera): ''Orfelia fultoni'' ("dismalites"), a single species of fungus gnat, distantly related to ''Arachnocampa'', found in North America. Groups include: * Lampyridae * Phengodidae * Railroad worm * ''Arachnocampa'' * ''Orfelia fultoni'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「glowworm」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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