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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Glowworm Beetles (Phengodidae)

Family Phengodidae - Glowworm Beetles

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Glowworm - Phengodes - male Phengodes - male Phengodes - Phengodes - male Glowworm - Phengodes - male Glowworm beetle - Phengodes - male Phengodes sp. (larva) - Phengodes Phengodes plumosa - female Insect - Phengodes
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)
Other Common Names
Glow-worms, Railroad Worms
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists 6 genera for North America
Univ. Florida lists 6 genera and 23 species from the United States (about 25 genera, 181 described species worldwide)
Print References
American Beetles, Vol.2, Chapter 61 (1)
Internet References
Univ. Florida--Featured Creatures
Elateriformia--detailed family description
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 December, 2004 - 9:36pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 2:34pm

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