Related Research Articles
Elateridae or click beetles are 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.
Selasia is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Elateridae, having historically been placed in the family "Drilidae", which was recently subsumed by Elateridae.
Drilini is a tribe of beetles known commonly as the false firefly beetles, in the family Elateridae.
Agrypnini is a tribe of click beetles in the family Elateridae.
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.
The Pyrophorini are a New World taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae. Pyrophorini is a tribe of bioluminescent beetles, and includes such genera as Pyrophorus and Ignelater.
The Oophorini form an accepted taxonomic tribe within the Elateridae subfamily Agrypninae.
Hemiopinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least four genera in Hemiopinae.
Oxytelus bengalensis is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia. It is found in China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Pakistan and India.
Oxytelus lividus is a species of rove beetle widely spread in Asia. It is found in China, Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Laos.
Drasterius sulcatulus, is a species of click beetle found in India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, UAE and Oman.
Melanotus punctosus, is a species of click beetle found in India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Hawaii.
Abscondita promelaena, is a species of firefly beetle found in India and Sri Lanka.
Selasia isabellae, is a species of false firefly beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Zorochros titanus, is a species of click beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Cybister tripunctatus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in India, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Bhutan, China, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Italy, Turkey, Uzbekistan and Europe.
Neptosternus starmuehlneri, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Neptosternus taprobanicus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in Sri Lanka.
Hydaticus pacificus, is a species of predaceous diving beetle found in South and South East Asia.
References
- ↑ "Selasia apicalis Pic, 1914". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ "IRMNG - Selasia apicalis Pic, 1914". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ Packova, Gabriela; Kundrata, Robin (2021-02-05). "The genus Selasia Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Sri Lanka". Zootaxa. pp. 285–292. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4926.2.8 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
- ↑ Packova, Gabriela; Kundrata, Robin (2021-02-05). "FIGURE 1. Selasia apicalis Pic, 1914, holotype. A,B in The genus Selasia Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) in Sri Lanka". doi:10.5281/zenodo.4506200 . Retrieved 2021-08-08.
 | This click beetle article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |