Elaterinae

Elaterinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae, containing 12 tribes worldwide.[1]

Ampedus nigricollis
Melanotus leonardi
Agriotes fucosus

Elaterinae
Megapenthes caprella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Elaterinae
Leach, 1815
Tribes
  • Agriotini
  • Ampedini
  • Aplastini
  • Cebrionini
  • Dicrepidiini
  • Elaterini
  • Megapenthini
  • Melanotini
  • Odontonychini
  • Physorhinini
  • Pomachiliini
  • Synaptini

Selected genera
  • Agriotes
  • Ampedus
  • Anchastus
  • Aplastus
  • Blauta Leconte, 1854
  • Cebrio
  • 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)
  • Odontonychus
  • Orthostethus
  • Parallelostethus
  • Physorhinus
  • Pomachilus
  • Sericus
  • Synaptus

References
  1. Robin Kundrata, Nicole L. Gunter, Dominika Janosikova & Ladislav Bocak (2018) Molecular evidence for the subfamilial status of Tetralobinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with comments on parallel evolution of some phenotypic characters. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76: 137-145.

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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