Limonius californicus

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Limonius californicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Clade: Euarthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Genus: Limonius
Species:L. californicus
Binomial name
Limonius californicus
(Mannerheim)

Limonius californicus, the sugarbeet wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. [1] [2] [3]

Click beetle family of insects

Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly called click 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 closely related families in which a few members have the same mechanism, but all elaterids 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "Limonius californicus Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  2. ↑ "Limonius californicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
  3. ↑ "Limonius californicus Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-02-08.

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