The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. The females and larvae have bioluminescent organs...
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Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members of the genera...
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the Americas, "glow worms" are the closely related Coleopteran family Phengodidae, while in New Zealand and Australia, a "glow worm" is a luminescent larva...
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are in the Elateroidea, in the families Lampyridae (~2000 species), Phengodidae (~200 species), Rhagophthalmidae (100 species) and Elateridae (>100 species)...
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Railroad worm (category Phengodidae)
larviform female adult of a beetle of the genus Phrixothrix in the family Phengodidae, characterized by the possession of two different colors of bioluminescence...
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on the larvae, and sometimes adults, and are closely related to the Phengodidae (glowworm beetles), though historically they have been often treated...
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Phengodes laticollis (category Phengodidae)
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...
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such as Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the beetle families Lampyridae, Phengodidae, Elateridae and Staphylinidae are bioluminescent. The most familiar group...
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Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae, Omethidae (which includes Telegeusidae), Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae. Soldier beetles often feed on nectar and pollen...
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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...
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doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24870897. Lampyridae Phengodidae Rhagophthalmidae Thylodrias contractus Hypermetamorphosis Neoteny v t...
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Zarhipis integripennis (category Phengodidae)
western banded glowworm, is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America. "Zarhipis integripennis Report". Integrated...
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light-emitting compound, used for the firefly (Lampyridae), railroad worm (Phengodidae), starworm (Rhagophthalmidae), and click-beetle (Pyrophorini) bioluminescent...
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PMID 25482362. Branham, Marc. "Glow-worms, railroad-worms (Insecta: Coleoptera: Phengodidae)". Featured Creatures. University of Florida. Retrieved 29 November 2014...
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microorganisms. Certain arthropods Coleoptera (beetles) Lampyridae (Fireflies) Phengodidae (Glowworm beetles) railroad worms Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Certain...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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Phengodes arizonensis (category Phengodidae)
Phengodes arizonensis is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America. "Phengodes arizonensis Report". Integrated...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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Phengodes plumosa (category Phengodidae)
worm or railroad-worm, is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America. "Phengodes plumosa Report". Integrated...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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Paraptorthodius mirabilis (category Phengodidae)
Paraptorthodius mirabilis is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America. "Paraptorthodius mirabilis Report". Integrated...
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ecology. Among nocturnal insects, fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae, Phengodidae and Elateridae) are especially interesting study objects for light pollution...
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Phengodes (category Phengodidae)
Phengodes is a genus of glowworms in the beetle family Phengodidae. There are more than 30 described species in Phengodes. These 31 species belong to...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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(net-winged beetles) Omethidae (false fireflies, long-lipped beetles) Phengodidae (glowworm beetles) Rhagophthalmidae Sinopyrophoridae Throscidae (false...
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