Rismethus

Rismethus
Rismethus scobinula, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Agrypninae
Tribe:	Agrypnini
Genus:	Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947

Rismethus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about 10 described species in Rismethus. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Rismethus: ^[3]

• Rismethus degallieri Chassain, 2010
• Rismethus jiangi Qiu, 2025
• Rismethus mareki Chassain, 2010
• Rismethus pakistanicus Platia & Ahmed, 2016
• Rismethus pistrinarius (Candeze, 1857)
• Rismethus rainoni Platia & Coache, 2023
• Rismethus ryukyuensis Ohira, 1999 (temperate Asia)
• Rismethus scobinula (Candèze, 1857)
• Rismethus squamiger (Champion, 1894)

References

1. "GBIF, Rismethus" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
2. "BugGuide.net, Rismethus genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Rismethus Fleutiaux, 1947" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
4. 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): 83–154. Bibcode:2019ZooK..839...83K. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . PMC   6478653 . PMID   31057327.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Rismethus at iNaturalist
• Media related to Rismethus at Wikimedia Commons