Iviephengus is a genus of glowworm beetles in the family Phengodidae. Iviephengus ferreirai is the only species of the genus. It is found in the Peruvian Amazon.
Description Adults reach a length of about 3.3–3.8 mm and have a yellowish brown body, with the meso- and metanotum, anterior half of the metasternum and abdominal tergites and ventrites dark brown (with the exception of the last two).
Etymology This species is named in honour of Vinicius S. Ferreira, a good friend of the author and a fellow Coleoptera researcher.Part of this text is from “Anew genus and a new species of railroad-worm beetle from Peru (Coleoptera, Phengodidae, Mastinocerinae)” by Roza A.S.. This article is licensed under the [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC BY 4.0 license
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