Elaterinae

Elaterinae
Megapenthes caprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Elateridae
Subfamily:Elaterinae
Leach, 1815
Tribes

Elaterinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 20 genera and 160 described species in Elaterinae.[1][2][3]

Agriotes fucosus

Genera

  • Agriotes
  • Ampedus
  • Anchastus
  • Blauta Leconte, 1854
  • Dalopius
  • Dicrepidius Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829
  • Diplostethus Schwarz, 1907
  • Dipropus Germar, 1839
  • Dolerosomus
  • Elater Linnaeus, 1758
  • Glyphonyx Candèze, 1863
  • Idolus
  • Leptoschema Horn, 1885
  • Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858
  • Melanotus Erichson, 1829
  • Mulsanteus (brown wireworms)
  • Orthostethus
  • Parallelostethus
  • Physorhinus
  • Sericus

References

  1. ↑ "Elaterinae Subfamily Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. ↑ "Elaterinae Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  3. ↑ "Elaterinae Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-10.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.


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