| Athous emaciatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Athous |
| Species: | A. emaciatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Athous emaciatus Candèze, 1860 | |
Athous emaciatus is a species of click beetle in the genus Athous .
This species is present in Europe (France, northern Italy, and Switzerland). [1] [2] [3] [4]
The adults can be found on trees and shrubs in cool woodland areas. The larva is most likely host to stumps of Pinus uncinata . [5]
Athous emaciatus can reach a body length of about 8.5–10.5 mm (0.33–0.41 in). Colour of the body is always pale, straw yellow tinged with ferruginous. Often the disc of the pronotum is darkened. [6]
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.
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species.
Pyrophorus is a genus of click beetle. They are one of several genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, all of which are bioluminescent. Their bioluminescence is similar to that of another group of beetles, the fireflies, although click beetles do not flash, but remain constantly glowing. They have two luminescent spots at the posterior corners of the pronotum, and another brighter light organ on the most-anterior surface of the ventral abdomen. This light organ is even brighter and can only be seen when in flight. Bioluminescent click beetles are found throughout tropical, subtropical and temperate America. Species from Texas, Florida, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are now in different genera in the tribe Pyrophorini, such as Deilelater and Ignelater.
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 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 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 tauricola is a species of brown-coloured click beetle from the family Elateridae which can be found on the Crimean peninsula and Ukraine.
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.
Tetralimonius quercus is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae, formerly placed in the genus Pheletes.
Athous bicolor is a species of click beetle.
Cardiophorus is a genus of click beetles.
Paykullia maculata is a species of fly in the subfamily Rhinophorinae first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1815.
The Pyrophorini are a New World taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae. Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.
Ctenicera virens is a species of click beetles.
Megathous nigerrimus is a species of click beetles in the family Elateridae.
Adelocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Anchastus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae. The species of this genus are found in America, Southern Africa, Australia.
