| Limonius | |
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| Limonius auripilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrometrinae |
| Genus: | Limonius Eschscholtz, 1829 |
| Synonyms | |
MicrathousLane, 1971 Contents | |
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 . [1]
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.
Pleocoma is the only extant genus of rain beetles and is endemic to the Pacific states of North America. Fossil remains of Pleocoma have been found in the Yixian Formation in China, suggesting beetles in this genus have existed in something like their present form since at least the Cretaceous period. There are 27 described species in Pleocoma.
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.
Diomus is a genus of lady beetles in the family Coccinellidae. There are at least 20 described species in Diomus.
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.
Asclera is a genus of false blister beetles in the family Oedemeridae. There are about six described species in Asclera.
Isohydnocera is a genus of checkered beetles in the family Cleridae. There are about 14 described species in Isohydnocera.
Sapintus is a genus of antlike flower beetles in the family Anthicidae. There are at least 13 described species in Sapintus.
Magdalis is a genus of wedge-shaped bark weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 20 described species in Magdalis.
Diapterna is a genus of aphodiine dung beetles in the family Scarabaeidae. There are about 6 described species in Diapterna.
Limonius californicus, the sugarbeet wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.
Mycterus is a genus of palm and flower beetles in the family Mycteridae. There are about seven described species in Mycterus.
Antherophagus is a genus of silken fungus beetles in the family Cryptophagidae. There are at least four described species in Antherophagus.
Ophryastes is a genus of broad-nosed weevils in the family Curculionidae. There are at least 30 described species in Ophryastes.
Nemognatha is a genus of blister beetles in the family Meloidae. There are at least 20 described species in Nemognatha.
Bitoma is a genus of cylindrical bark beetles in the family Zopheridae. There are about 15 described species in Bitoma.
Elaterinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae, containing 12 tribes worldwide.
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.
Melanactes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about five described species in Melanactes.
Sylvanelater is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least four described species in Sylvanelater.
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