Biology:Rhagophthalmidae
| Rhagophthalmidae | |
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| Rhagophthalmus hiemalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Superfamily: | Elateroidea |
| Family: | Rhagophthalmidae Olivier, 1907 |
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Rhagophthalminae | |
The Rhagophthalmidae are a family of beetles within the superfamily Elateroidea. Members of this beetle family have bioluminescent organs on the larvae, and sometimes adults, and are closely related to the Phengodidae (glowworm beetles), though historically they have been often treated as a subfamily of Lampyridae, or as related to that family.[1] Some recent evidence suggested that they were the sister group to the Phengodidae, and somewhat distantly related to Lampyridae, whose sister taxon was Cantharidae,[2] but more reliable genome-based phylogenetics placed (Rhagophthalmidae + Phengodidae) as the sister group to the Lampyridae.[3][4]
Whatever their relationships may be, Rhagophthalmidae are distributed in the Old World, and little is known of their biology. Females are usually wingless and look like larvae, but have an adult beetle's eyes, antennae and legs; in the genus Diplocladon, they resemble larvae even more, with small light organs on all trunk segments. Larvae and females live in soil and litter and are predaceous; males may be attracted to lights at night.[5][6]
Genera
- Bicladodrilus
- Bicladon
- Dioptoma
- Diplocladon
- Dodecatoma
- Falsophrixothrix
- Mimoochotyra
- Mondodrilus
- Pseudothilmanus[7]
- Reductodrilus
- Rhagophthalmus
References
- ↑ "Phylogeny of North American fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): implications for the evolution of light signals". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (1): 33–49. October 2007. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.05.013. PMID 17644427.
- ↑ "Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)". PLOS ONE 13 (3): e0194026. 2018-03-14. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0194026. PMID 29538419. Bibcode: 2018PLoSO..1394026B.
- ↑ "Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae)". Scientific Reports 8 (1): 17084. November 2018. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0. PMID 30459416. Bibcode: 2018NatSR...817084K.
- ↑ "The evolution of bioluminescence in cantharoids (Coleoptera: Elateroidea)" (in en). Florida Entomologist 84 (4): 565–586. 2001. doi:10.2307/3496389. ISSN 1938-5102. https://journals.flvc.org/flaent/article/view/75005.
- ↑ "The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)". Cladistics 19 (1): 1–22. February 2003. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2003.tb00404.x. PMID 34905865.
- ↑ Elateriformia (Coleoptera): descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval for families and subfamilies: Lampyridae (Report). October 2005. version of 9. http://delta-intkey.com/elateria/www/rhag.htm.
- ↑ "Redescription and relationships of Pseudothilmanus Pic (Coleoptera: Rhagophthalmidae)—a long-term neglected glow-worm beetle genus from the Himalayas.". Zootaxa 2794 (1): 57–62. March 2011. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.2794.1.4.
Wikidata ☰ Q1248823 entry
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