Megapenthes (beetle)

Megapenthes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
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]}

Megapenthes rufilabris

Species

These 31 species belong to the genus Megapenthes:

• Megapenthes almeidai Navajas, 1946 ^g
• Megapenthes angularis (LeConte, 1866) ^b
• Megapenthes apacheorum Becker, 1971 ^g
• Megapenthes aterrimus (Motschulsky, 1859) ^g
• Megapenthes caprella (LeConte, 1859) ^{g b}
• Megapenthes confusus Fleutiaux, 1932 ^g
• Megapenthes elegans Horn, 1871 ^b
• Megapenthes gentneri Lane, 1965 ^g
• Megapenthes gomyi Girard, 2001 ^g
• Megapenthes ibitiensis Navajas, 1944 ^g
• Megapenthes insignis (LeConte, 1884) ^b
• Megapenthes lepidus LeConte, 1884 ^b
• Megapenthes limbalis (Herbst, 1806) ^b
• Megapenthes longicornis Schaeffer, 1916 ^b
• Megapenthes lugens (W.Redtenbacher, 1842) ^g
• Megapenthes nigriceps Schaeffer, 1916 ^b
• Megapenthes nigriventris LeConte, 1884 ^{g b}
• Megapenthes oblongicollis (Miwa, 1929) ^g
• Megapenthes pallidulus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002 ^g
• Megapenthes quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1871) ^b
• Megapenthes rogersi Horn, 1871 ^{g b}
• Megapenthes rousseli Fleutiaux, 1933 ^g
• Megapenthes rufilabris (Germar, 1844) ^b
• Megapenthes rutilipennis Candeze, 1859 ^g
• Megapenthes solitarius Fall, 1934 ^g
• Megapenthes stigmosus (LeConte, 1853) ^{g b}
• Megapenthes sturmii (Germar, 1844) ^g
• Megapenthes tarsalis Schaeffer, 1916 ^b
• Megapenthes tartareus (LeConte, 1859) ^{g b}
• Megapenthes texanus Becker, 1971 ^g
• Megapenthes turbulentus (LeConte, 1853) ^b

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

References

1. "Megapenthes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
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.

Further reading

• Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN   978-0849309540.
• Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
• Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.
• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   0665100558.
• White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides) . Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN   0395910897.

External links

• Media related to Megapenthes at Wikimedia Commons