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Checklist for Family Phengodidae LeConte, 1861 (Glow-worms)
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
611
11863
34633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
608
11859
34631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
579
11701
34157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
379
9752
30015
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
108
3263
9002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
102
3021
8293
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
24
247
691
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
10
144
331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyPhengodidae
LeConte, 1861
Glow-worms, Glowworm beetles, Glowworms
10
19
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Costa Rica
10 Genera with 19 Species
Eurymastinocerus Wittmer, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Mastinomorphus Wittmer, 19381SpeciesTaxom
Paraptorthodius Schaeffer, 1904
0SpeciesTaxom
Phengodes Illiger, 1937Glowworm9SpeciesTaxom
Phrixothrix Olivier, 1937Railroad worm1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudomastinocerus Wittmer, 19372SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophengodes Pic, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Ptorthodius Gorham, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Stenophrixothrix Wittmer, 19883SpeciesTaxom
Taximastinocerus Wittmer, 1963
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
19 Species
Eurymastinocerus niger Gorham, 1881
Mastinomorphus rufescens Pic, 1938
Phengodes (Phengodella) bimaculata Gorham, 1881..., 1976
Phengodes (Phengodella) bipennifera (Gorham, 1881)⇒ Phengodes nigricornis Gorham, 1881
Phengodes (Phengodella) brailovskyi Zaragoza & W..., 1986
Phengodes (Phengodella) insignis Bourgeois, 1888
Phengodes (Phengodella) insulcata Pic, 1925
Phengodes (Phengodella) leonilae Zaragoza & W..., 1986
Phengodes (Phengodella) nigricornis Gorham, 1881
Phengodes (Phengodes) bimaculata Gorham, 1881
Phengodes nevermani (Pic, 1937)⇒ Phengodes bimaculata Gorham, 1881..., 1976
Phrixothrix laticeps (Pic, 1937)⇒ Pseudomastinocerus laticeps Pic, 1937
Pseudomastinocerus costaricanus Wittmer, 1988
Pseudomastinocerus laticeps Pic, 1937
Pseudophengodes fusca Gorham, 1881
Ptorthodius mandibularis Gorham, 1881
Stenophrixothrix fuscus Gorham, 1881
Stenophrixothrix howdeni Wittmer, 1988
Stenophrixothrix mandibularis Wittmer, 1988

Subnodes of Phengodidae with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubfamilyPhengodinae
LeConte, 1861
10
19
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Phengodidae at gbif.org
Phengodidae at irmng.org
Phengodidae at itis.gov