Mastinocerinae

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".

Mastinocerinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Phengodidae
Subfamily: Mastinocerinae
LeConte, 1881
Genera

Many, see text

Genera[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.
  • 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
  1. 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.


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