Gambrinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Elateridae |
Tribe: | Dendrometrini |
Genus: | Gambrinus LeConte, 1853 |
Synonyms | |
Limoniscus Reitter, 1905 Contents |
Gambrinus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae, most of which were formerly included in the genus Limonius . [1]
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The violet click beetle is a black beetle, 12 mm (0.5 in) long, with a faint blue/violet reflection. It gets its name from the family habit of springing upwards with an audible click if it falls on its back. It occurs in Europe.
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.
Chalcolepidius is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae.
Lanelater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Athous is a genus of click beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Hemicrepidius is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Alaus is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae. Unlike many click beetles, Alaus larvae are completely predatory.
Lacon is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae and the subfamily Agrypninae.
Pheletes is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Tetralimonius quercus is a species of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae, formerly placed in the genus Pheletes.
Monocrepidius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. The genus has often been cited as Conoderus, but of the two names for this genus published simultaneously in 1829, the one selected by the First Reviser under the ICZN was Monocrepidius, rendering Conoderus the junior synonym.
Limonius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. Many of the species formerly placed in this genus have been removed to other genera such as Gambrinus.
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.
Dendrometrinae is a very large subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae, containing 10 tribes worldwide, including several formerly recognized subfamily-rank groups such as Athoinae, Crepidomeninae, Denticollinae, Oxynopterinae, Prosterninae, and Semiotinae now all reduced to tribal rank or lower.
Megapenthes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megapenthes.
Prosternon is a genus of click beetles belonging to the family Elateridae.
Ampedus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are currently 461 recognized species of Ampedus beetles. It has a cosmopolitan distribution, but is found mostly in the Holarctic region, primarily in North America, Europe, and Asia. The oldest known fossil from this genus was found in Eocene Baltic amber, estimated to be from 38.0 to 33.9 million years ago.
Tetralimonius is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae, formerly included in the genus Limonius.
Anchastus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae. The species of this genus are found in America, Southern Africa, Australia.
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.