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Tribe Phengodini

Unidentified beetle larva Phengodes sp. (larva) - Phengodes unknown larva - Phengodes Caterpillar ID - Phengodes Beetle larva - Phengodes Phengodidae, dorsal - Phengodes Zarhipis truncaticeps - male Male, Zarhipis integripennis? - Zarhipis integripennis - male
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
Numbers
13 spp. in 2 genera in our area, 55 spp. in 4 genera total(1)
Identification
Separated from Mastinocerini by size; larger species over 10 mm in length (1).
Range
primarily neotropical group ranging into so. US (Phengodes plumosa reaches ON); in our area, Zarhipis are western (WA-CA-NM), and Phengodes widespread in the east and across the south(1)
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea
Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.