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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Elaterinae » Agriotini » Agriotina » Agriotes » Lined click beetle (Agriotes lineatus)

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Copyright © 2006 Mardon Erbland

Elateridae - Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus) - Agriotes lineatus

Logy Bay, Northeast Avalon, Newfoundland/Labrador, Canada
April 22, 2006
Size: 7 mm without the antennae

I feel pretty certain that this is a click beetle from the family "Elateridae" but I'm hoping someone can identify the genus and species. I can't find a photo of one that looks exactly like my specimen. I found this bug crawling on our tiled bathroom floor about 11:00 AM. I moved him to a white piece of paper in order to photograph him. During the process of catching him, he seemed to pretend that he was dead and went motionless. At one point during the picture tailing process, he seemed to start preening himself and began to 'clean' his left foreleg using his mouth and another leg. Fourty-one different species from the Family Elateridae are said to be living in Newfoundland according to this document http://www.canacoll.org/Coleo/Checklist/PDF%20files/ELATERIDAE.pdf at The Canadian National Collection (CNC) of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes web site (http://www.canacoll.org/).

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Contributed by Mardon Erbland on 23 April, 2006 - 8:40am
Last updated 25 May, 2006 - 7:13pm

Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus)

I have had 2 entomologists give independent opinions that this beetle is very likely (one said "definitely") an Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus).

Family: Elateridae Leach, 1815 -- click beetles
Subfamily: Elaterinae
Genus: Agriotes
Species: Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus) -- "Common names: lined click beetle, taupin rayé"

One of the entomologists, Dr. Yves Bousquet, Ph.D., of the Central Experimental Station, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada in Ottawa, said in his email to me, "The specimen on the photograph is very likely Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus), a European species introduced in Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and British Columbia." By the way, my photo was taken in Newfoundland.

There is no Genus "Agriotes" listed under Subfamily Elaterinae on the BugGuide web pages. Can I request that this Genus be added so that I can move this photo to there? If so, how do Imake this request?

… Mardon Erbland, 1 May, 2006 - 1:31pm

Agriotes lineatus

Hi there,

This beetle certainly is an Agriotes lineatus. Our lab (the lab of Dr. Bob Vernon) researches this and the closely-related A. obscurus and A. sputator (and other wireworm and click beetle species). All three species are found in parts of the Maritime provinces and Nova Scotia. All three species have also turned up in our recent surveys with pheromone traps baited with lures specific for the species. We can send pictures of these for bugguide if you'd like. However, this picture is such a good image of an A lineatus that I'd like to use it for ppt presentations. Is that OK?
FYI, the larvae (i.e. wireworms) of all three species are significant pests of vegetables and were imported from Europe.

Kind regards,

Wim van Herk,
Agriculture and Agri-Foods Canada

PS--See another good image of an A lineatus adult at:

http://www.elateridae.com/images/vel/agriotes_lineatus.jpg

… wim van herk, 13 September, 2006 - 5:06pm

You're Welcome to Use It

Hi Wim,

Thanks for your post and your link to the other A lineatus photo. You're welcome to use my photo in your ppt presentations. I've temporarily placed a larger copy at this URL:
http://www.JustPhotos.ca/transfer/007019.jpg
Just to be a bit 'nit-picky', I guess when you said they are found in the Maritime provinces, you meant to include Newfoundland and make that the Atlantic provinces? Thanks also for the info on the larvae and your other comments! Greatly appreciated.

Regards, Mardon
www.JustPhotos.ca/

… Mardon Erbland, 13 September, 2006 - 5:52pm

Ha!

You have to wait for an editor to view it, read your comments, and act. It's good to have an ID on a brown click beetle since there are so many that are difficult to ID from a photo. I'll make a home for your photo and move it.

… Jim McClarin, 25 May, 2006 - 7:12pm

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