Megapenthes (beetle)

Megapenthes
Megapenthes caprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Elateridae
Subfamily:Elaterinae
Genus:Megapenthes
Kiesenwetter, 1858

Megapenthes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megapenthes.[1][2]

Megapenthes rufilabris

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Megapenthes:

  • Megapenthes almeidai Navajas, 1946 g
  • Megapenthes angularis (LeConte, 1866) b
  • Megapenthes apacheorum Becker, 1971 g
  • Megapenthes aterrimus (Motschulsky, 1859) g
  • Megapenthes caprella (LeConte, 1859) g b
  • Megapenthes confusus Fleutiaux, 1932 g
  • Megapenthes elegans Horn, 1871 b
  • Megapenthes gentneri Lane, 1965 g
  • Megapenthes gomyi Girard, 2001 g
  • Megapenthes ibitiensis Navajas, 1944 g
  • Megapenthes insignis (LeConte, 1884) b
  • Megapenthes lepidus LeConte, 1884 b
  • Megapenthes limbalis (Herbst, 1806) b
  • Megapenthes longicornis Schaeffer, 1916 b
  • Megapenthes lugens (W.Redtenbacher, 1842) g
  • Megapenthes nigriceps Schaeffer, 1916 b
  • Megapenthes nigriventris LeConte, 1884 g b
  • Megapenthes oblongicollis (Miwa, 1929) g
  • Megapenthes pallidulus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002 g
  • Megapenthes quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1871) b
  • Megapenthes rogersi Horn, 1871 g b
  • Megapenthes rousseli Fleutiaux, 1933 g
  • Megapenthes rufilabris (Germar, 1844) b
  • Megapenthes rutilipennis Candeze, 1859 g
  • Megapenthes solitarius Fall, 1934 g
  • Megapenthes stigmosus (LeConte, 1853) g b
  • Megapenthes sturmii (Germar, 1844) g
  • Megapenthes tarsalis Schaeffer, 1916 b
  • Megapenthes tartareus (LeConte, 1859) g b
  • Megapenthes texanus Becker, 1971 g
  • Megapenthes turbulentus (LeConte, 1853) b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Megapenthes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. 1 2 "Megapenthes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  3. ↑ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. ↑ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-13.

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. ISBN 978-0849309540.
  • Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
  • Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". Zookeys. Pensoft Publishers. 88 (88). doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989.
  • LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
  • White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.


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