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Orthostethus
Genus
Orthostethus
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
Elaterinae
Tribe
Elaterini
Genus
Orthostethus
Explanation of Names
Orthostethus
Lacordaire
1857
(
1
)
'straight thorax'
Numbers
2 spp. in our area
(
2
)
Range
s. US to AZ
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Monograph of the subtribe Elaterina (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae).
Schimmel R. and D. Tarnawski. 2010. Genus 21(3): 325–487.
2.
Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
Contributed by
Cotinis
on 23 January, 2008 - 12:04pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 12:49pm