Global InformationPhengodes laticollis information
| Phengodes Laticollis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Arthropoda
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| Class: | Insecta
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| Order: | Coleoptera
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| Family: | Phengodidae
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| Genus: | Phengodes
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| Species: | P. laticollis
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| Binomial name | |
| Phengodes laticollis | |
The Phengodes laticollis, 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 glowworms and are thus named for their bioluminescent qualities (specifically amongst the females).[1]
The beetle family is primarily found in the New World, where most of the diversity in this particular species of beetle is found in tropical America.[2] They are also a species in which are deemed vulnerable, particularly in West Virginia.[3] Within the Phengodes lacticollis, the females are larger than the males and the females are in larviform. The males are luminescent, the females and the larvae, however, have luminescent organs on their trunk segments. This allows for yellow or green light production.[4]
- ^ Chaboo, Caroline S.; Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada (2015). "Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Phengodidae LeConte, 1861". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88 (2): 240–242. ISSN 0022-8567.
- ^ "Families and subfamilies of Coleoptera (with selected genera, notes, references and data on family-group names)" (PDF).
- ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
- ^ Chaboo, Caroline S.; Gimmel, Matthew L.; Bocakova, Milada (2015). "Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Phengodidae LeConte, 1861". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 88 (2): 240–242. ISSN 0022-8567.