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Genus Nitidolimonius

Iridescent Click Beetle - Nitidolimonius resplendens Nitidolimonius breweri - Nitidolimonius resplendens - male shiny clicker - Nitidolimonius resplendens - male shiny Elateridae - Nitidolimonius resplendens Beetle - Nitidolimonius resplendens Unknown Beetle - Nitidolimonius resplendens Unknown Beetle - Nitidolimonius resplendens Nitidolimonius resplendens
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 Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Dendrometrina
Genus Nitidolimonius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
species herein included were formerly treated as 'Ctenicera'
Explanation of Names
Nitidolimonius Johnson 2008
from the Latin nitidus 'shiny' (referring to the shiny integument) + Limonius, the original genus name of the type species(1)
Numbers
4 spp. in NA(2)(1):
N. appalachius (Van Dyke)
N. breweri (Horn)
N. resplendens (Eschscholtz)
N. weidtii (Angell)
Range
western, boreal, and eastern mountains(2)