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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Hemirhipini » Alaus » Blind Click Beetle (Alaus myops)
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Blind Click Beetle - Alaus myops
Copyright © 2004 Troy Bartlett

Blind Click Beetle - Alaus myops
Parson's Run, Duluth, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
April 22, 2004
Attracted to mercury vapor lamp.

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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 8 May, 2004 - 9:56am
Last updated 16 June, 2004 - 2:28pm

Common name "Blind Click Beetle"
Yours truly had not noticed the two other common names out there for this species: "Blind Click Beetle" and "Small-eyed Click Beetle". Thus I've changed the name in the guide to "Blind Click Beetle". You will want to change the title for your photo at some point for consistency, I suppose.

Sorry about the poor research--I had just been looking at Dillon's plates and not the text or other references.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 16 June, 2004 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Yet Another Name...
I have seen very similar beetles listed as "eyed elaters".
… Brian E Womble, 1 December, 2004 - 3:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Related species
That's another species in this genus, Alaus oculatus. In that one, the "eyes" are more open.
… Troy Bartlett, 1 December, 2004 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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