Paraptorthodius

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Paraptorthodius
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Phengodidae
Tribe: Mastinocerini
Genus:Paraptorthodius
Schaeffer, 1904

Paraptorthodius is a genus of glowworm beetles in the family Phengodidae. There are at least three described species in Paraptorthodius. [1] [2] [3]

Phengodidae Family of beetles

The beetle family Phengodidae is known also as glowworm beetles, whose larvae are known as glowworms. The females and larvae have bioluminescent organs. They occur throughout the New World from extreme southern Canada to Chile. The family Rhagophthalmidae, an Old World group, used to be included in the Phengodidae.

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Species

These three species belong to the genus Paraptorthodius:

Paraptorthodius mirabilis is a species of glowworm beetle in the family Phengodidae. It is found in North America.

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References

  1. ↑ "Paraptorthodius Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Paraptorthodius". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

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