Philomycus is a genus of air-breathing land slugs in the family Philomycidae, the mantleslugs.Capinera, J. L., et al. Terrestrial Slugs of Florida (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora). EENY-493 (IN891). Entomology and Nematology. Florida Cooperative Extension Service. University of Florida IFAS. Published 2011, revised 2013.
Biology These slugs create and use love darts as part of their mating behavior.Tompa, A. S. (1980). The ultrastructure and mineralogy of the dart from Philomycus carolinianus (Pulmonata: Gastropoda) with a brief survey of the occurrence of darts in land snails. Veliger 23, 35-42.
Species Species within the genus Philomycus include: Philomycus batchi - dusky mantleslug Philomycus bilineatus Philomycus bisdosus - grayfoot mantleslug Philomycus cardmensis Philomycus carolinianus - Carolina mantleslug Philomycus dorsalis Philomycus flexuolaris - winding mantleslug Philomycus pennsylvanicus Philomycus sellatus - Alabama mantleslug Philomycus togatus - toga mantleslug Philomycus venustus - brown-spotted mantleslug Philomycus virginicus - Virginia mantleslug
References
External links Philomycus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).