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Species Phengodes fusciceps

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Phengodidae (Glowworm Beetles)
Tribe Phengodini
Genus Phengodes (Glowworms)
Species fusciceps (Phengodes fusciceps)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
fuscipes (misspelling)
Explanation of Names
Phengodes fusciceps LeConte 1861
fusciceps = 'dark-headed'
Numbers
4 sspp.(1) of rather shaky status
Size
♂ 11-14 mm(2)
Range
se. US (IN-FL to MN-KS-NM) & Mexico; P. f. floridensis FL, P. f. picicollis MN, P. f. intermedia IN IL FL(2)(1)(3)
Works Cited
1.The genus Phengodes in the United States (Coleoptera: Phengodidae)
Wittmer W. 1975. Col. Bull. 29: 231-250.
2.The Beetles of Northeastern North America, Vol. 1 and 2.
Downie, N.M., and R.H. Arnett. 1996. The Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL.
3.An Illustrated Inventory of the Beetles (Coleoptera) of Lick Creek Park, College Station, Texas
Edward G. Riley. 2013. Texas A&M University, Dept. Entomology, College Station.