ADW: Phrixothrix: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Protostomia (protostomes)
      - Ecdysozoa
        
        Arthropoda
        
        Class Insecta
        
        Order Coleoptera
        
        Superfamily Elateroidea
        
        Family Phengodidae (glow-worms)
        
        Genus Phrixothrix
        
        Species Phrixothrix acuminatus
        
        Species Phrixothrix alboterminatus
        
        Species Phrixothrix belemensis
        
        Species Phrixothrix clypeatus
        
        Species Phrixothrix gibbosus
        
        Species Phrixothrix heydeni
        
        Species Phrixothrix hieronymi
        
        Species Phrixothrix hirtus
        
        Species Phrixothrix impressus
        
        Species Phrixothrix microphthalmus
        
        Species Phrixothrix obscurus
        
        Species Phrixothrix peruanus
        
        Species Phrixothrix pickeli
        
        Species Phrixothrix reducticornis
        
        Species Phrixothrix staphylinoides
        
        Species Phrixothrix tiemanni
        
        Species Phrixothrix vianai
        
        Species Phrixothrix vivianii

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To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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