Nyctocrepis

Nyctocrepis
	Nyctocrepis monnei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Lampyridae
Subfamily:	Cladodinae
Genus:	Nyctocrepis; Motschulsky, 1853
Synonyms
	Fenestracladodes Pic, 1935;

Nyctocrepis is a genus of beetles of the family Lampyridae.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Species

subgenus Nyctocrepis
- Nyctocrepis demoulini Motschulsky, 1853 (Brazil: Santa Catarina)
- Nyctocrepis monnei Alexandre, Takiya & Silveira, 2026 (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
- Nyctocrepis stellata (Gorham, 1880) (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro)
subgenus Fenestratocladodes Pic, 1935
- Nyctocrepis malleri (Pic, 1935) (Brazil: Santa Catarina)

Taxonomy

This genus was formerly synonymized with Cladodes by Olivier in 1907, but was revalidated and revised by Bocakova et al. in 2022. In this same study, the monotypic subgenus Fenestratocladodes was transferred from Cladodes to Nyctocrepis.^[3]

References

↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 14, 2026.
↑ Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Nyctocrepis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 14, 2026.
1 2 Alexandre, M. de S. L.; Takiya, D. M.; Silveira, L. F. L. da. (2026). "A new species of Nyctocrepis Motschulsky, 1853 fireflies from one of the world's largest urban parks, in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Cladodinae)". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 14, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[gbif-1] "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". gbif.org. Retrieved September 14, 2026.

[:1-2] Schoolmeesters, P. (2025). "Nyctocrepis at Catalogue of Life". World Scarabaeidae Database (version 2025-10-07). In O. Bánki, Y. Roskov, M. Döring, G. Ower, D. R. Hernández Robles, C. A. Plata Corredor, T. Stjernegaard Jeppesen, A. Örn, T. Pape, D. Hobern, S. Garnett, H. Little, R. E. DeWalt, J. Miller, T. Orrell, & R. Aalbu, Catalogue of Life (2026-01-16). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Catalogue of Life Foundation. Retrieved September 14, 2026.

[:2-3] 1 2 Alexandre, M. de S. L.; Takiya, D. M.; Silveira, L. F. L. da. (2026). "A new species of Nyctocrepis Motschulsky, 1853 fireflies from one of the world's largest urban parks, in the Atlantic Rainforest of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Cladodinae)". Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia. 66 (special 1). Retrieved September 14, 2026. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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