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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Cardiophorinae » Cardiophorus

Genus Cardiophorus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Works Cited
Long, skinny beetle larva - Cardiophorus Long, skinny beetle larva - Cardiophorus Click Beetle - Cardiophorus aptopoides Cardiophorus edwardsi (Horn) - Cardiophorus edwardsi Click Beetle - Cardiophorus gagates Generic but cooperative little black beetle - Cardiophorus Click Beetle - Cardiophorus Beetle on the Beach - Cardiophorus cardisce
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)
Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)
Subfamily Cardiophorinae
Genus Cardiophorus
Explanation of Names
Cardiophorus Eschscholtz, 1829
Latin 'heart-bearer' (refers to the shape of scutellum)
Numbers
over 80 spp. in our area (1)
Works Cited
1.Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae, by P.J. Johnson (2009)
Contributed by tom murray on 22 November, 2006 - 6:46pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 26 March, 2012 - 8:14am

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