PHENGODIDAE Author: John F. Lawrence, 2001. Classification Suborder Polyphaga, Series Elateriformia, Superfamily Elateroidea. Description Antenae with 11-12 segments, pectinate or plumose. Antennal insertions exposed. Visible portion of procoxa projecting bellow prosternum with the trochantin at least partly exposed. Procoxal cavity externally open and internally open. Mesocoxae contigous, with mesocoxal cavity laterally open. Tarsal formula 5-5-5. Numberof ventrites 8 without ventrites connate. Body length 3.5-22 mm. Soft-bodied, slender, pubescent. Elytra shortened exposing abdominal tergites. Antennal insertions and mandibles widely separated. Females larviform. Quick identification Phengodidae includes many Neotropical forms with shortened elytra, widely separated antennal insertions, falcate mandibles, and antennae which are usually 12-segmented and bipectinate to biplumose. All females are completely larviform. Genera occurring in Costa Rica Phengodinae: Phengodes, Pseudophengodes. Mastinocerinae: Eurymastinocerus, Euryopa, Mastinomorphus, Pseudomastinocerus, Taximastinocerus.... © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Phengodes © CSIRO Emtomology, 1999 Euryopa Derechos Reservados INBio. Copyrights INBio