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Phengodidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Coleoptera
family
Phengodidae

Name

Homonyms
Phengodidae
Common names
glow-worms in English
glow-worms in English
glowworm beetles in language.
glowworms in language.
railroad-worms in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Bouchard, P.; Bousquet, Y.; Davies, A.; Alonso-Zarazaga, M.; Lawrence, J.; Lyal, C.; Newton, A.; Reid, C.; Schmitt, M.; Slipinski, A.; Smith, A. (2011). Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta). <em>ZooKeys.</em> 88: 1-972. 10.3897/zookeys.88.807
  2. Lawrence, J. F., and A. F. Newton, Jr. / Pakaluk, James, and Stanislaw Adam Slipinski, eds., 1995: Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson, vol. 2. 779-1006.
  3. LeConte, J. L. (1861) Classification of the Coleoptera of North America Prepared for the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Miscellaneus Collections, (136): 1-208. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26621105
  4. O'Keefe, Sean T. / Arnett, Ross H., Jr., Michael C. Thomas, Paul E. Skelley, and J. H. Frank, eds., 2002: Family 61. Phengodidae LeConte, 1861. American Beetles, vol. 2: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. 181-186.
  5. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  6. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  7. Wittmer, W. (1976) Arbeiten zu einer Revision der Familie Phengodidae (Coleoptera). In Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey tutzing bei München. (pp. 415–525) https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45975567
  8. Zaragoza-Caballero, S., & Pérez-Hernández, C. X. (2014) Sinopsis de la familia Phengodidae (Coleoptera): Trenecitos, bigotudos, glow-worms, railroad-worms o besouros trem de ferro. (Primera ed). http://www.ibiologia.unam.mx/barra/publicaciones/Phengodidae_web_final.pdf
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