Biology:Phengodes plumosa

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Short description: Species of beetle

Phengodes plumosa
Glow Worm (Phengodes plumosa?) (10700020145).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Phengodidae
Genus: Phengodes
Species:
P. plumosa
Binomial name
Phengodes plumosa
(Olivier, 1790)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lampyris plumosa Olivier, 1790

Phengodes plumosa, known generally as the glow worm or railroad-worm, is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America.[1][2][3]

References

Further reading

  • "Family 59: Phengodidae, The Glowworms". Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. 1983. ISBN 978-0916846176. 
  • Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. 2007. ISBN 978-8788757675. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2006544 entry