Athous campyloides | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Elateridae |
Genus: | Athous |
Species: | A. campyloides |
Binomial name | |
Athous campyloides Newman, 1833 | |
Athous campyloides is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Athous .
Length: 9.5–11.5 millimetres (0.37–0.45 in).
Elateridae or click beetles are a family of beetles. Other names include elaters, snapping beetles, spring beetles or skipjacks. This family was defined by William Elford Leach (1790–1836) in 1815. They are a cosmopolitan beetle family characterized by the unusual click mechanism they possess. There are a few other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies can click. A spine on the prosternum can be snapped into a corresponding notch on the mesosternum, producing a violent "click" that can bounce the beetle into the air. Clicking is mainly used to avoid predation, although it is also useful when the beetle is on its back and needs to right itself. There are about 9300 known species worldwide, and 965 valid species in North America.
Athous haemorrhoidalis is a species of European and Asian click beetles in the genus Athous. Several variations are recognized.
Codex Athous Dionysiou, designated by Ω or 045, ε 61, is a Greek uncial manuscript of the New Testament. The codex is dated palaeographically to the 9th century. It has marginalia.
Athous is a genus of click beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Athous vittatus is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Athous.
Athous subfuscus is a species of beetle in the family Elateridae and the genus Athous.
Athous apfelbecki is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae. The species is found in the Balkans, including, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania, and former Yugoslavian states. The species is 9–12 millimetres (0.35–0.47 in) long.
Athous angulifrons is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae endemic to Kamnik–Savinja Alps of Slovenia. The species is 9–12 millimetres (0.35–0.47 in) long and is yellowish-green in colour.
Athous axillaris is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae. It was described by George Henry Horn in 1871 and is endemic to California.
Athous dasycerus is a species of click beetle of the family Elateridae. It is 11 millimetres (0.43 in) long and is brown coloured.
Athous balcanicus is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae endemic to Bulgaria. The species is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) long.
Athous austriacus is a species of brown-coloured click beetle from the family Elateridae. The species is 10.5 millimetres (0.41 in) long and is found in Hochschwab, Austria.
Athous caviformis is a species of brown-coloured click beetles which can be found in Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Athous curtus is a species of click beetle of the family Elateridae endemic to the Western Caucasus.
Athous tauricola is a species of brown-coloured click beetle from the family Elateridae which can be found on the Crimean peninsula and Ukraine.
Athous turcicus is a species of brown-coloured click beetle of the family Elateridae known from North Macedonia and Greece. It is 13 millimetres (0.51 in) long.
Athous propinquus is a species of click beetle from the family Elateridae which is found in Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey. The species is 10 millimetres (0.39 in) long.
Athous bicolor is a species of click beetle.
Athous emaciatus is a species of click beetle in the genus Athous.