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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Conoderus » Tobacco Wireworm (Conoderus vespertinus)

Species Conoderus vespertinus - Tobacco Wireworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited
Tobacco Wireworm - Conoderus vespertinus Elateridae -? - Conoderus vespertinus Elaterid fz360224 - Conoderus vespertinus Conoderus vespertinus Conoderus vespertinus (Tobacco Wireworm) - Conoderus vespertinus Conoderus vespertinus Tobacco Wireworm - Conoderus vespertinus Pennsylvania Clicker for ID - Conoderus vespertinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Agrypninae
Tribe Oophorini
Genus Conoderus
Species vespertinus (Tobacco Wireworm)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conoderus vespertinus (Fabricius)
Orig. Comb: Elater vespertinus Fabricius 1801
Monocrepidius vespertinus (Fabricius) over on iNat (1)
Explanation of Names
vespertinus = 'of evening'
Size
7-10 mm(2)
Identification
pattern variable:
Range
e. US (CT-FL to CO-w.TX) & Mex. - Map (3)(4)
Works Cited
1.iNaturalist
2.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
3.New species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Sonora, Mexico with new country and state records, new taxonomic changes...
P. J. Johnson. 2018. Dugesiana. 25(1);1-31.
4.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Boris Büche on 9 July, 2007 - 12:21pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov, bmathison1972
Last updated 8 December, 2023 - 12:54pm

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