Phanocerus

Phanocerus
Phanocerus larva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elmidae
Subfamily:	Larainae
Genus:	Phanocerus Sharp, 1882

Phanocerus is a genus of riffle beetles in the family Elmidae. ^{[1] [2] [3]} It is primarily Neotropical, ^{[4] [5]} with one species ( Phanocerus clavicornis ) reaching the Nearctic realm. ^{[3] [5]}

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Phanocerus: ^[1]

• Phanocerus bugnioni Grouvelle, 1902
• Phanocerus charopus Spangler, 1966
• Phanocerus clavicornis Sharp, 1882
• Phanocerus congener Grouvelle, 1898
• Phanocerus guaquira Leal-Duarte, Briceño-Santos and Rincon-Ramírez, 2021
• Phanocerus rufus Maier, 2013
• Phanocerus sharpi Grouvelle, 1896

References

1. "Phanocerus Sharp, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
2. "Phanocerus Sharp, 1882". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 14 October 2025.
3. "Phanocerus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
4. Segura, Melissa Ottoboni; Passos, Maria Ines da Silva dos; Fonseca-Gessner, Alaíde Aparecida; Froehlich, Claudio Gilberto (2013). "Elmidae Curtis, 1830 (Coleoptera, Polyphaga, Byrrhoidea) of the Neotropical region". Zootaxa. 3731 (1): 1–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3731.1.1. PMID   25277553.
5. Sanderson, M. W. (1953). "A revision of the Nearctic genera of Elmidae". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 26 (4): 148–163. JSTOR   25082074.

Further reading

• Brown, Harley P. (1983). A Catalog of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. Family: Elmidae. USDA Agriculture Handbook. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.
• Čiampor, Fedor Jr; Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Zuzana (2019). "World Elmidae". Slovak Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.