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Phengodes plumosa

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Phengodes plumosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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  1. ^ a b "Phengodes plumosa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "Phengodes plumosa". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.

Further reading

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  • Arnett, Ross H. Jr., ed. (1983). "Family 59: Phengodidae, The Glowworms". Checklist of the Beetles of North and Central America and the West Indies. Flora & Fauna Publications. ISBN 978-0916846176.
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2007). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4: Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea - Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-8788757675.
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