Phengodidae is a family of beetles in the order Coleoptera known as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are called glowworms; both females and larvae are bioluminescent. The family comprises more than 250 species found in the New World from southern Canada to Chile, with a recently recognized subfamily, Cydistinae, occurring instead in Western Asia. Larval and larviform female glowworms are predators of millipedes and other soil-dwelling arthropods, while the short-lived, winged males likely do not feed and are often attracted to lights at night; females, which remain larviform and grow much larger than males, display luminescent organs that emit yellow or green light, occasionally with red-emitting head organs in some species. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Chile, found in there.
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ690737, descriptionView the Source 2. Phengodidae (Wikipedia)
Introduction
The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms.
- Taxonomic rank (structure-wave classification, ruling 761/926)
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