Genus Phengodes - Glowworms

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Glowworm Beetle - Phengodes fuscipes - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Phengodidae (Glowworm Beetles)

Genus Phengodes (Glowworms)

Explanation of Names

Greek phengodes 'shining'(1)

Numbers

10 spp. in 2 subgenera (7 Phengodes s. str. + 3 Phengodella) in our area; 28 spp. total(2)(3)

Range

Phengodes s. str. occur from s. ON throughout e. & central US to AZ (with other spp. in Mexico); Phengodella, in CA & TX (with other spp. from Mexico to Venezuela and Ecuador)(2)

Internet References

Fact sheet by Mike Quinn

Works Cited

1.	Composition of scientific words By R.W. Brown

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)

3.	The genus Phengodes in the United States (Coleoptera: Phengodidae) By Wittmer W.

Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 4 May, 2006 - 9:15am
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 May, 2012 - 6:26pm

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