Parablacinae

Parablacinae
Metablax cinctiger
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Parablacinae Kundrata, Gunter, Douglas & Bocak, 2016

Parablacinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about eight genera in Parablacinae. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Genera

These eight genera belong to the subfamily Parablacinae:

• Metablax Candèze, 1869
• Ophidius Candèze, 1863
• Parablax Schwarz, 1906
• Parasaphes Candèze, 1882
• Sharon Arias-Bohart & Elgueta, 2015
• Tasmanelater Calder, 1996
• Wynarka Calder, 1986
• Xuthelater Calder, 1996

References

1. Kundrata, Robin; Kubaczkova, Magdalena; Prosvirov, Alexander S.; Douglas, Hume B.; et al. (2019). "World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae". ZooKeys (839). Pensoft: 83–154. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . PMC   6478653 . PMID   31057327.
2. Kundrata, Robin; Gunter, Nicole; Janosikova, Dominika; Bocak, Ladislav (2018). "Molecular evidence for the subfamilial status of Tetralobinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with comments on parallel evolution of some phenotypic characters" (PDF). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny. 76 (1). Senckenberg. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
3. Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88): 1–972. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.88.807 . ISSN   1313-2989. PMC   3088472 . PMID   21594053.

Further reading

• LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.38459 . ISBN   978-0665100550.