Campsosternus

Campsosternus Temporal range: 37.2–0  Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Campsosternus rutilans in Bukidnon, Philippines
Campsosternus auratus in Taipei, Taiwan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Dendrometrinae
Tribe:	Oxynopterini
Genus:	Campsosternus Latreille, 1834
Species
See text
Synonyms
Camposternus (Fowler, 1912) Camposternus (Chenu, 1860) Camposternus (Fleutiaux, 1927) Camposternus (Miwa, 1929) Camposternus (Hope, 1842)

Campsosternus is a genus of click beetles in the subfamily Dendrometrinae. The genus is extant but there is at least one described species from the Eocene of the Czech Republic.

Description of some species

There are many species, including:

• Campsosternus auratus
• †Campsosternus atavus - a fossil species found in an Eocene lacustrine small diatomite in Kutschlin near Bilin, in the Czech Republic ^[1]
• Campsosternus dohrni
• Campsosternus gemma - the Rainbow sheath click beetle (彩虹叩頭蟲 in Chinese), a protected species in Taiwan
• Campsosternus hopei
• Campsosternus rutilans
• Campsosternus stephensi
• Campsosternus templetoni - name is a tribute to Robert Templeton (1802–1892), a naturalist, artist and entomologist

See also

• Buprestidae
• List of click beetle genera of India

References

1. J. V. Deichmüller. 1881. Fossile Insecten aus dem Diatomeenschiefer von Kutschlin bei Bilin, Böhmen. Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum 42:293-330

External links

• Media related to Campsosternus at Wikimedia Commons
• "Campsosternus". The Encyclopedia of Life .
• "Campsosternus". Paleobiology Database . Retrieved 6 February 2017.
• Campsosternus at Biolib.cz
• Campsosternus at insectoid.info