Phosphaenus hemipterus (Goeze, 1777)
(a glow-worm)

Phosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Phosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPhosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm)
FamilyLAMPYRIDAE (glowworms)
SuperfamilyELATEROIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Phosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Tyler, J. 2008 Male Glow-worm with male Lesser Glow-worm Vol 20, No. 1 Page: 59

Phosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Beavis, I.C. 2009 The ’Lesser Glow-worm’ Phosphaenus hemipterus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) in West Kent Br. J. Ent. Nat. Hist. Vol 22: 216.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Phosphaenus hemipterus (a glow-worm):

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