Abstract
Bioluminescence in the terrestrial environment occurs mainly in coleoptera of the superfamily Elateroidea, which includes 4 families: Elateridae, Lampyridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae. The Lampyridae family is the richest in bioluminescent species, with around 100 genera and more than 2,000 species described around the globe. The Neotropical fauna of these coleoptera is the richest…