found: Work cat.: Tyler, J. Glow-worms, 1994:p. 5 (The glow-worm belongs to a family of beetles known as the Lampyridae or fireflies)
found: OED(Glow-worm: a coleopterous insect (Lampyris noctiluca, Linn.))
found: Britannica Micro.(glowworm: principal types of glowworms are: (1) wingless adult females of certain beetles of the family Lampyridae, particular the common European glowworm Lampyris noctiluca ...)
found: Encyc. of insects and arachnids, 1975:p. 90 (Glowworm. The glowworm is a beetle belonging to the family Lampyridae ... the common European glowworm Lampyris noctiluca)
found: Chinery, M. Field guide to the insects of Britain and Northern Europe, 1974:p. 310 (The family Lampyridae contains one of the most famous of all insects--the Glow-Worm (Lampyris noctiluca). The common name is unfortunate but derives from the appearance of the female which, while not really like a worm, is not much like a beetle either.)