| Scopulifer | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Eucnemidae |
| Subfamily: | Eucneminae |
| Genus: | Scopulifer Fleutiaux, 1896 |
Scopulifer is a genus of Asian click beetle allies in the subfamily Eucneminae and tribe Dendrocharini, erected by Edmond Fleutiaux in 1896. [1]
Elateridae or click beetles are a family of 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 other families of Elateroidea in which a few members have the same mechanism, but most elaterid subfamilies 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.
The Elateroidea are a large superfamily of beetles. It contains the familiar click beetles, fireflies, and soldier beetles and their relatives. It consists of about 25,000 species.
Abelater is a genus of click beetles, family Elateridae.
Temnus is a genus of click beetles in the subfamily Eucneminae and tribe Mesogenini, erected by Edmond Fleutiaux in 1920.
Plastocerus is a genus of click beetles, the sole member of the tribe Plastocerini. While it has historically often been ranked as a family, the genus is now placed firmly within the family Elateridae.
Eucnemidae, or false click beetles, are a family of elateroid beetles based on the type genus Eucnemis; they include about 1700 species, distributed worldwide.
Hemicrepidius is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Calais is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae and the subfamily Agrypninae.
Dendrocharis is a genus of Asian click beetle allies in the subfamily Eucneminae and typical of the tribe Dendrocharini; it was erected by Félix Guérin-Méneville in 1843.
Ctenicera is a genus of click beetles.
Elater is a genus of click beetle belonging to the family Elateridae.
Melasinae is a subfamily of false click beetles in the family Eucnemidae.
Agrypninae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 130 genera and more than 430 described species in Agrypninae.
Megapenthes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megapenthes.
Balgus is a genus of click beetle. They are one of several genera in the family which contain at least one bioluminescent species. The genus was originally placed in the family Eucnemidae, later transferred to Throscidae, but recent classifications establish them firmly within Elateridae.
Hylochares is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae.
Dirrhagofarsus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae.
Clypeorhagus is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Eucnemidae.
The Eucneminae are a subfamily of "false click beetle" genera, erected by Johann von Eschscholtz in 1889.
Mesogenus is a genus of mostly Asian click beetle allies in the subfamily Eucneminae and typical of the tribe Mesogenini, erected by Viscount Henri de Bonvouloir in 1871.
Data related to Scopulifer at Wikispecies