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| Chalcolepidius porcatus from Bolivia | |
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| Species: | C. porcatus |
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| Chalcolepidius porcatus (Linnaeus 1767) | |
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Chalcolepidius porcatus is a species of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Chalcolepidius porcatus reaches a length of about 38 millimetres (1.5 in). The coloration may be green, yellowish-green or brown, with striated pronotum.
Elateridae or click beetles are 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.
Glowworm or glow-worm is the common name for various groups of insect larvae and adult larviform females that glow through bioluminescence. They include the European common glow-worm and other members of the Lampyridae, but bioluminescence also occurs in the families Elateridae, Phengodidae, and Rhagophthalmidae among beetles; as well as members of the genera Arachnocampa, Keroplatus, and Orfelia among keroplatid fungus gnats.
Anolis porcatus, the Cuban green anole, is a species of anole lizard that is native to Cuba, but has been introduced to Florida, Hispaniola, São Paulo, and Tenerife.
Chalcolepidius is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Chalcolepidius limbatus is a species of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Chalcolepidius virens is a species of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Chalcolepidius zonatus is a species of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Pyrophorus noctilucus, common name Headlight Elater, is a species of click beetle.
Pyrearinus candelarius is a species of click beetle.
Semiotus imperialis is a species of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Drilini is a tribe of beetles known commonly as the false firefly beetles, in the family Elateridae.
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.
Ooperipatus is a genus of Australian velvet worms in the Peripatopsidae family.
Cardiophorus is a genus of click beetles.
Ooperipatus porcatus is a species of velvet worm in the Peripatopsidae family. It is found in Victoria, Australia.
Agrypninae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 130 genera and more than 430 described species in Agrypninae.
Otiorhynchus porcatus is a species of broad-nosed weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae. It is found in North America.
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.
Sinopyrophorus is a genus of bioluminescent hard-bodied clicking beetles in the superfamily Elateroidea, and is the sole member of the recently recognized family Sinopyrophoridae. The genus currently contains a single species, Sinopyrophorus schimmeli, which was described in 2019 from the subtropical evergreen broadleaf forests of western Yunnan, China.
Ctenicera virens is a species of click beetles.
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