Agriotes

Agriotes
Agriotes gallicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Elaterinae
Tribe:	Agriotini
Subtribe:	Agriotina
Genus:	Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829 [1] [2]
Type species
Agriotes sputator Linnaeus, 1758
Subgenera
Agriodrastus Reitter, 1911 Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829 Tinecoides Gurjeva, 1979 Tinecus Fleutieux, 1940
Synonyms
Subgenus Agriotes Agriotus Severin, 1949 (in error) Cataphagus Stephens, 1830 Fructuarius Gistl, 1848 (replacement name for Agriotes) Hemirhypus Dillwyn, 1829 (preoccupied) Lepidotus Gistel, 1834 (preoccupied by Lepidotus Asso, 1801) Pedetes Kirby, 1837 (preoccupied by Pedetes Illiger, 1811) Subgenus Tinecus Timecus Leseigneur, 1972 (in error)

Agriotes is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae which includes numerous species, many of which are found in the Americas, Asia and much of Europe. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]}

Species

Main article: List of Agriotes species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility list 274 species, ^[5] which include a number of agricultural pests such as:

• Agriotes brevis Candèze, 1863
• Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Agriotes litigiosus (Rossi, 1792)
• Agriotes mancus (Say, 1823)
• Agriotes obscurus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agriotes proximus Schwarz, 1891
• Agriotes rufipalpis (Brulle, 1832)
• Agriotes sordidus (Illiger, 1807)
• Agriotes sputator (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Agriotes ustulatus (Schaller 1783)

References

1. "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". Archived from the original on June 22, 2011.
2. "Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail".
3. "Elateridae.txt". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
4. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Agriotes". www.itis.gov.
5. GBIF. "Agriotes Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829".
6. Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
7. "Agriotes - Information on Agriotes - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
8. "Namebank Record Detail".
9. "Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.