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

Genus Aeolus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited
· - Aeolus Glyphonyx? - Aeolus trilineatus Aeolus Click Beetle? - Aeolus livens Clicker - Aeolus Elateridae - Aeolus mellillus Male, Aeolus livens? - Aeolus livens - male Aeolus 2 - Aeolus amabilis Aeolus livens? - Aeolus
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 Aeolus
Explanation of Names
Aeolus Eschscholtz 1829
Numbers
14 spp. in our area(1); 2 spp. in Canada (amabilis; mellillus)(2), >230 total
Range
across NA, mostly in e. and s. US(1)
Habitat
grasslands, fields, gardens; larvae in soil
Food
larvae may be a minor pest of corn and potatoes
Works Cited
1.Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
2.Checklist of beetles (Coleoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Second edition
Bousquet Y., Bouchard P., Davies A.E., Sikes D.S. 2013. ZooKeys 360: 1–402.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 March, 2005 - 10:10am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 17 February, 2020 - 1:04am

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