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Species Cardiophorus robustus

Cardiophorus robustus - female Cardiophorus robustus - female Click Beetle - Cardiophorus robustus Small elaterid - Cardiophorus robustus Small elaterid - Cardiophorus robustus
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 Cardiophorinae
Genus Cardiophorus
Species robustus (Cardiophorus robustus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cardiophorus robustus Leconte, 1853
Habitat
Apparently endemic to sandy coastal areas in the northeastern U.S.
Remarks
Had not been collected since 1965 until the BugGuide specimens (2012 and 2016)
Print References
Douglas, H. B., & Mathison, B. A. (2018). Cardiophorus carinatus (Coleoptera: Elateridae), an Unusual New Species from the Lake Wales Ridge (Florida, USA) and Rediscovery of Cardiophorus robustus LeConte, 1853. Florida Entomologist, 101(2), 311-314.
Contributed by v belov on 4 April, 2012 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 9 July, 2018 - 1:56pm

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