- The
beetle family Phengodidae is
known also as
glowworm beetles,
whose larvae are
known as glowworms. The
females and
larvae have
bioluminescent organs...
- Lampyridae, but
bioluminescence also
occurs in the
families Elateridae,
Phengodidae and
Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as
members of the genera...
- the Americas, "glow worms" are the
closely related Coleopteran family Phengodidae,
while in New
Zealand and Australia, a "glow worm" is a
luminescent larva...
- Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae,
Omethidae (which
includes Telegeusidae),
Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae.
Soldier beetles often feed on both
nectar and...
- such as
Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the
beetle families Lampyridae,
Phengodidae,
Elateridae and
Staphylinidae are bioluminescent. The most
familiar group...
-
ability to fly and the
elytra have been lost, as in the glow-worms (
Phengodidae),
where the
females resemble larvae throughout their lives. The presence...
- is a
species of the
Glowworm Beetle within the
family of
Phengodidae. The name
Phengodidae is the
scientific name for a
beetle in
which their larvae...
- are in the Elateroidea, in the
families Lampyridae (~2000 species),
Phengodidae (~200 species),
Rhagophthalmidae (100 species) and
Elateridae (>100 species)...
- PMID 25482362. Branham, Marc. "Glow-worms, railroad-worms (Insecta: Coleoptera:
Phengodidae)".
Featured Creatures.
University of Florida.
Retrieved 29
November 2014...
-
larviform female adult of a
beetle of the
genus Phrixothrix in the
family Phengodidae,
characterized by the
possession of two
different colors of bioluminescence...
