''Phengodes'' is a genus of glowworms in the
beetle
Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...
family
Phengodidae
The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. The females and larvae have bioluminescence, bioluminescent organs. They occur throughout the New World from extreme southern Canada to Chile. ...
. There are more than 30 described species in ''Phengodes''.
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Species
These 31 species belong to the genus ''Phengodes'':
* '' Phengodes arizonensis'' Wittmer, 1976
* '' Phengodes atezcanus'' Zaragoza, 1980
* '' Phengodes bella'' Barber, 1913
* '' Phengodes bimaculata'' Gorham, 1881
* '' Phengodes bipenniera''
* '' Phengodes bipennifera'' Gorham, 1881
* '' Phengodes bolivari'' Zaragoza-Caballero, 1981
* '' Phengodes brailovskyi'' Zaragoza & Wittmer, 1986-30
* '' Phengodes chamelensis'' Zaragoza, 2004-01
* '' Phengodes championi'' Pic, 1927
* '' Phengodes ecuadoriana'' Wittmer, 1988-29
* '' Phengodes fenestrata'' Wittmer, 1976-10
* ''Phengodes frontalis
''Phengodes'' is a genus of glowworms in the beetle family Phengodidae. There are more than 30 described species in ''Phengodes''.
Species
These 31 species belong to the genus ''Phengodes'':
* '' Phengodes arizonensis'' Wittmer, 1976
* '' Phe ...
'' LeConte, 1881
* '' Phengodes fusciceps'' LeConte, 1861
* '' Phengodes inflata'' Wittmer, 1976-10
* '' Phengodes insignis'' Bourgeois, 1888
* '' Phengodes insulcata'' Pic, 1925
* '' Phengodes laticollis'' LeConte, 1881
* '' Phengodes leonilae'' Zaragoza & Wittmer, 1986-30
* '' Phengodes mexicana'' Wittmer, 1976
* '' Phengodes minor'' Gorham, 1881
* '' Phengodes nigricornis'' Gorham, 1881
* '' Phengodes nigromaculata'' Wittmer, 1976
* '' Phengodes osculati'' (Spinola, 1854)
* '' Phengodes plumosa'' (Olivier, 1790) (glow worm)
* '' Phengodes succinacius'' Zaragoza, 2004-01
* '' Phengodes tuxtlaensis'' Zaragoza, 1989-30
* ''Phengodes varicolor
''Phengodes'' is a genus of glowworms in the beetle family Phengodidae
The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. The females and larvae have bioluminescence, bioluminescent organs. ...
'' Zaragoza & Wittmer, 1986-30
* '' Phengodes variicornis'' Zaragoza & Wittmer, 1986-30
* '' Phengodes vazquezae'' Zaragoza, 1979-06
* '' Phengodes venezolana'' Wittmer, 1988-29
References
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Phengodidae
Bioluminescent insects
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