Rhagophthalmidae
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Members of the family Rhagophthalmidae are closely related to glowworm beetles, and were often included in that family, but were given independent status in 1994. They are distributed in the Old World, and little is known of their biology, though they do have bioluminescent larvae and adults.
[edit] References
Branham, M. A., and J. W. Wenzel. 2003. The origin of photic behavior and the evolution of sexual communication in fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae). Cladistics 19: 1-22.
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