- 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...
-
larviform female adult of a
beetle of the
genus Phrixothrix in the
family Phengodidae,
characterized by the
possession of two
different colors of bioluminescence...
- the Americas, "glow worms" are the
closely related Coleopteran family Phengodidae,
while in New
Zealand and Australia, a "glow worm" is a
luminescent larva...
- such as
Mycetophilidae (Diptera) and the
beetle families Lampyridae,
Phengodidae,
Elateridae and
Staphylinidae are bioluminescent. The most
familiar group...
- doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3765.3.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 24870897.
Lampyridae Phengodidae Rhagophthalmidae Thylodrias contractus Hypermetamorphosis Neoteny v t...
- Cantharidae, Lampyridae, Lycidae,
Omethidae (which
includes Telegeusidae),
Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae.
Soldier beetles often feed on
nectar and pollen...
- on the larvae, and
sometimes adults, and are
closely related to the
Phengodidae (glowworm beetles),
though historically they have been
often treated...
-
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...
- are in the Elateroidea, in the
families Lampyridae (~2000 species),
Phengodidae (~200 species),
Rhagophthalmidae (100 species) and
Elateridae (>100 species)...
