Biology:Elaterini

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Short description: Tribe of beetles

Elaterini
Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Coleoptera Polyphaga Elateroidea Elateridae Elaterinae Elaterini Orthostethus Orthostethus infuscatus (5652441231).jpg
Orthostethus infuscatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Elaterinae
Tribe: Elaterini
Leach, 1815

Elaterini is a tribe of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about 7 genera and 17 described species in Elaterini.[1][2]

Genera

These seven genera belong to the tribe Elaterini:

  • Diplostethus Schwarz, 1907 b
  • Dolerosomus Motschulsky, 1859 g b
  • Elater Linnaeus, 1758 b
  • Mulsanteus Gozis, 1875 g b (brown wireworms)
  • Orthostethus Lacordaire, 1857 g b
  • Parallelostethus Schwarz, 1907 g b
  • Sericus Eschscholtz, 1829 g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[5] b = Bugguide.net[1]

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q21222948 entry