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Subfamily Cebrioninae

Unknown Beetle or Bug Larva - Euthysanius - female

Euthysanius sp., Elateridae - Euthysanius - female

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 Cebrioninae

Explanation of Names

Cebrioninae Latreille 1802

Numbers

>65 spp. in 5 genera of 2 tribes in our area(1)

Size

13-25 mm

Identification

Mandibles and pronotum distinctive: Mandibles prominent, strongly curved, with pointed tips. Hind angles of pronotum distinctly elongate. Head prognatuous. Antenna 11-segmented, more or less sawtoothed.(2)

Internet References

Larva

Works Cited

1.	Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae

2.	Peterson Field Guides: Beetles Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 28 March, 2005 - 12:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 12:05pm

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