Amydetinae

Amydetinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Lampyridae
Subfamily: Amydetinae
E. Olivier in Wytsman, 1907

Amydetinae is an exclusively Neotropical subfamily of fireflies (Lampyridae), spanning 7 genera and over 50 species. Fireflies in this subfamily have antennae composed of 20–40 segments, flabellate from the third segment onward, with long, narrow, pubescent or finely villose branches. The prothorax is transverse with arcuate posterior angles, and light-producing organs occupy the final three abdominal segments.