CNEOGLOSSIDAE Author: John F. Lawrence, 2001. Classification Suborder Polyphaga, Series Elateriformia, Superfamily Byrrhoidea. Description Antenae with 11 segments, serrate. Antennal insertions exposed. Visible portion of procoxa transverse with the trochantin at least partly exposed. Procoxal cavity externally open and internally open. Mesocoxae Mesocoxae contigous or separated by less than 0.4 X coxal width, with mesocoxal cavity laterally open. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Numberof ventrites 5 with 3 connate. Body length 2.7-6 mm. Body oblong to elongate, flattened, pubescent. Soft-bodied and lampyrid-like. Head concealed by anterior edge of pronotum. Quick identification Cneoglossidae comprises only the genus Cneoglossa, soft-bodied beetles looking something like Lampyridae, in having the head somewhat concealed by the pronotum. Genera occurring in Costa Rica Cneoglossa. © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Cneoglossa Derechos Reservados INBio. Copyrights INBio