Glowworm Beetle sp.
Phengodes sp.
Glowworm Beetle sp.: https://www.marylandbiodiversity.org/species/9143
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Status

BugGuide cites 10 species in this genus and 23 in this family north of Mexico.

Relationships

According to BugGuide, adult females and larvae feed on millipedes, while adult males apparently do not feed.

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Phengodes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Phengodidae
Subfamily: Phengodinae
Tribe: Phengodini
Genus: Phengodes
Illiger, 1807

Phengodes is a genus of glowworms in the beetle family Phengodidae. There are more than 30 described species in Phengodes.[1][2][3]

Glowworms, Phengodes
Glowworms, Phengodes

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References

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  1. ^ "Phengodes Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Phengodes". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr., ed. (1983). "Family 59: Phengodidae, The Glowworms". Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. ISBN 978-0916846176.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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