Megapenthes (beetle)

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Megapenthes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Elaterinae
Genus: Megapenthes
Kiesenwetter, 1858

Megapenthes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megapenthes. [1] [2]

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Megapenthes rufilabris

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Megapenthes:

Data sources: i = ITIS, [3] c = Catalogue of Life, [4] g = GBIF, [1] b = Bugguide.net [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Megapenthes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  2. 1 2 "Megapenthes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  3. "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System" . Retrieved 2018-05-13.
  4. "Catalogue of Life" . Retrieved 2018-05-13.

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