Mastinocerinae
| Mastinocerinae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Phengodidae |
| Subfamily: | LeConte, 1881 |
| Genera | |
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Many, see text | |
The Mastinocerinae are a subfamily of phengodid beetles (Phengodidae). It contains mostly Central and South American species.[1] They are also known as "railroad worms".
Genera
Source:[1]
- Akamboja Roza, Quintino, Mermudes & Silveira, 2017, 5 spp.
- Brasilocerus Wittmer, 1963, 9 spp.
- Cenophengus LeConte, 1881, 23 spp.
- Cephalophrixothrix Wittmer, 1976, 3 spp.
- Decamastinocerus Wittmer, 1988, 2 spp.
- Distremocephalus Wittmer, 1976, 11 spp.
- Eurymastinocerus Wittmer, 1976, 8 spp.
- Euryognathus Wittmer, 1976, 2 spp.
- Euryopa Gorham, 1881, 8 spp.
- Howdenia Wittmer, 1976, 10 spp.
- Iviephengus Roza, 2023, 1 sp.
- Mastinocerus Solier, 1849
- subgenus Mastinocerus Solier, 1849, 18 spp.
- subgenus Paramastinocerus Wittmer, 1976, 8 spp.
- Mastinomorphus Wittmer, 1976, 15 spp.
- Mastinowittmerus Zaragoza-Caballero, 1984, 2 spp.
- Neophengus Wittmer, 1976, 3 spp.
- Nephromma Wittmer, 1976, 2 spp.
- Oxymastinocerus Wittmer, 1963, 9 spp.
- Paraphrixothrix Zaragoza-Caballero, 2010, 1 sp.
- Paraptorthodius Schaeffer, 1904, 3 spp.
- Phrixothrix Olivier, 1909, 17 spp.
- Pseudomastinocerus Wittmer, 1963, 9 spp.
- Ptorthodiellus Wittmer, 1976, 2 spp.
- Ptorthodius Gorham, 1881, 3 spp.
- Spangleriella Wittmer, 1988, 1 sp.
- Steneuryopa Wittmer, 1986, 1 sp.
- Stenophrixothrix Wittmer, 1963, 19 spp.
- Taximastinocerus Wittmer, 1963, 18 spp.
References
- ^ a b Kundrata, Robin; Blank, Stephan M; Prosvirov, Alexander S; Sormova, Eliska; Gimmel, Matthew L; Vondráček, Dominik; Kramp, Katja (2019-10-19). "One less mystery in Coleoptera systematics: the position of Cydistinae (Elateriformia incertae sedis) resolved by multigene phylogenetic analysis". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz104. ISSN 0024-4082.