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| Phanocerus | |
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| Phanocerus larva | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 1 2 "Phanocerus Sharp, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ "Phanocerus Sharp, 1882". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- 1 2 "Phanocerus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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
[edit]- 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.
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