Rhagophthalmidae
Sign in to saveThe 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 (American glowworm beetles), though historically they have been often treated as a subfamily of Lampyridae, or as related to that family. Some recent evidence suggested that they were the sister group to the Phengodidae, and somewhat distantly related to Lampyridae, whose sister taxon was Cantharidae, but more reliable genome-based phylogenetics placed (Rhagophthalmidae + Phengod
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderColeoptera
- FamilyRhagophthalmidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 23
- Family
- Rhagophthalmidae
- Collections
- INHS, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- New Caledonia, Laos
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Elateroidea
- Image
- Rhagophthalmus hiemalis 13649193.jpg
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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 (American glowworm beetles), though historically they have been often treated as a subfamily of Lampyridae, or as related to that family. Some recent evidence suggested that they were the sister group to the Phengodidae, and somewhat distantly related to Lampyridae, whose sister taxon was Cantharidae, but more reliable genome-based phylogenetics placed (Rhagophthalmidae + Phengodidae) as the sister group to the Lampyridae.
thumb|none|A star worm from the family Rhagothalmidae showing the bioluminescent light organs on each segment
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