Phengodidae LeConte 1861
Creators: name: Ferreira, Vinicius S.
name: Roza, André S.
name: Barbosa, Felipe F.
name: Vega-Badillo, Viridiana
name: Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago
name: Mermudes, José Ricardo M.
name: Ivie, Michael A.
name: Hansen, Aslak K.
name: Brunke, Adam J.
name: Douglas, Hume B.
name: Solodovnikov, Alexey
name: Kundrata, Robin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Phengodidae

description: Identification key to the subfamilies of Phengodidae based on adult males
1. Antennae without rami.................................................................................................................................................... Penicillophorinae
1 ʹ. Antennae with rami present on at least antennomeres IV–IX...............................................................................................................2
2. Gular sutures sinuous and widely separated (by about the mentum width); posterior tentorial pits widely separated (by distance greater than the pit diameter); prosternum moderately transverse, 1.3–1.5 times wider than long medially, in front of coxae ≥0.5 times width of procoxal cavity ............................................................................................................................................3
2 ʹ. Gular sutures fused or subparallel and closely approximate (separated by less than half of the mentum width); posterior tentorial pits fused or closely approximate (separated by distance close to or shorter than the pit diameter); prosternum extremely transverse, 2.5–3.0 times wider than long medially, in front of coxae ≤0.3 times width of procoxal cavity.................... ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................4
3. Aedeagal median lobe straight, divided into dorsal and ventral lobes, flagellum absent; paramere gradually narrowed towards apex in lateral view, curved and subparallel-sided in dorsal view; western Asia .............................................................. Cydistinae
3 ʹ. Aedeagal median lobe extremely bent, flagellum present; paramere subparallel-sided in lateral view, straight and widest at mid-length in dorsal view; southern USA to Costa Rica. Cenophenginae subfam. nov.
4. Tubercles surrounding antennal sockets present; apical maxillary palpomere acuminate or subcylindrical; elytra slightly to strongly dehiscent..................................................................................................................................................................... Phengodinae
4 ʹ. Tubercles surrounding antennal sockets absent (except for Paraphrixothrix Zaragoza-Caballero, 2010); apical maxillary palpomere elongate-securiform to securiform (widest apically); elytra subparallel, not dehiscent ................... Mastinocerinae
description: Published as part of Ferreira, Vinicius S., Roza, André S., Barbosa, Felipe F., Vega-Badillo, Viridiana, Zaragoza-Caballero, Santiago, Mermudes, José Ricardo M., Ivie, Michael A., Hansen, Aslak K., Brunke, Adam J., Douglas, Hume B., Solodovnikov, Alexey & Kundrata, Robin, 2024, Phylogenomics of Phengodidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea): towards a natural classification of a bioluminescent and paedomorphic beetle lineage, with recognition of a new subfamily, pp. 1-17 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 201 (4) on pages 11-12, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae093, http://zenodo.org/record/13774528