Biology:Megathous

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Megathous is a genus of click beetles in the family, Elateridae. It was originally established by Edmund Reitter as a subgenus of the genus Harminius Fairmaire, 1851.[1] There are more than 10 described species in Megathous, found in the Palearctic.[2][3]

Species

These species belong to the genus Megathous:[4]

  • Megathous algirinus (Candèze, 1860)
  • Megathous altaicus (Schwarz, 1900)
  • Megathous barrosi (Méquignon, 1932)
  • Megathous escalerai (Cobos, 1958)
  • Megathous ficcuzzensis (Buysson, 1912)
  • Megathous fiorii Platia & Marini, 1990
  • Megathous hispanicus Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
  • Megathous lizlerwerneri Mertlik, 2005
  • Megathous menetriesi (Reitter, 1890)
  • Megathous peyerimhoffi Buysson, 1917
  • Megathous pici (Buysson, 1898)
  • Megathous rifensis (Cobos, 1969)
  • Megathous sedakovii (species) (Mannerheim, 1852)
  • Megathous suturalis (Candèze, 1873)
  • Megathous valtopinensis Platia & Gudenzi, 2005

Excluded species

The following 3 species were transferred to the genus Hemicrepidius by Frank E. Etzler (species) in 2020.[5]

  • Hemicrepidius dauricus (species) (Mannerheim, 1852) (syn. Megathous dauricus (Mannerheim, 1852))
  • Hemicrepidius jacobsoni (species) (Reitter, 1905) (syn. Megathous jacobsoni (Reitter, 1905))
  • Hemicrepidius nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869) (syn. Megathous nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869))

References

  1. ↑ Reitter, E. (1905). "Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europaichen Coleopteren lvi. Elateridae, 1 Theil Elaterini, Subtribus Athouina, aus der palaearctischen Fauna. Mit einer Uebersicht der Familiengruppe der Sternoxia und der Gattungen der Elateridae" (in de). Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn 43: 25 & 27 of 1–122. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47948779. 
  2. ↑ "GBIF, Megathous". https://www.gbif.org/species/4405418. 
  3. ↑ Biolib
  4. ↑ "IRMNG taxon details, Megathous Reitter, 1905". https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1317056. 
  5. ↑ Etzler, F.E. (2020). "A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classification". The Coleopterists Bulletin 74 (mo18): 1–126. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.mo18.1. 

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