| Diplostethus opacicollis | |
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| Diplostethus opacicollis, Arizona | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Tribe: | Elaterini |
| Subtribe: | Elaterina |
| Genus: | Diplostethus |
| Species: | D. opacicollis |
| Binomial name | |
| Diplostethus opacicollis Schaeffer, 1916 | |
Diplostethus opacicollis is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae, found in the southwestern United States. [1] [2] [3]
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.
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives.
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.
Megapenthes lugens is a species of primarily European click beetle. The adult is black, narrow and 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long. The larvae feed on weevil larvae in the decaying trunks of beech and elm. In July 2010, the common name "queen's executioner beetle" was proposed following a competition.
Drilini is a tribe of beetles known commonly as the false firefly beetles, in the family Elateridae.
Paria opacicollis, the oak parium, is a species of leaf beetle. It is found in North America.
Metaparia opacicollis is a species of leaf beetle. It is found in North America.
Strigocis opacicollis is a species of minute tree-fungus beetle in the family Ciidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Semiotus superbus is a species of beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
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.
Adelocera is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Hypnoidus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Denticollis is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Drasterius sulcatulus, is a species of click beetle found in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UAE and Oman.
Melanotus punctosus, is a species of click beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Hawaii.
Diplostethus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about six described species in Diplostethus, found in the Nearctic and the Neotropical Regions.
Diplostethus carolinensis is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae, found in the southeastern United States.
Diplostethus texanus is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae, found in Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.
Dipropus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are around 150 described species in Dipropus, found in North, Central, and South America.
Dipropus simplex is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae, found in the southern United States and Mexico.
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