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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Cebrioninae

Subfamily Cebrioninae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Internet References · Works Cited
Fancy Click Beetle - Selonodon - male Selonodon, but which one? - Selonodon mandibularis - male Selonodon, but which one? - Selonodon mandibularis - male Click Beetle - Selonodon - - Euthysanius - male hairy beetle - Scaptolenus Unknown beetle - Scaptolenus Octinodes? - Octinodes
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 Cebrioninae
Explanation of Names
Cebrioninae Latreille 1802
Numbers
>65 spp. in 5 genera of 2 tribes in our area(1)
Size
13-25 mm
Identification
Mandibles and pronotum distinctive: Mandibles prominent, strongly curved, with pointed tips. Hind angles of pronotum distinctly elongate. Head prognatuous. Antenna 11-segmented, more or less sawtoothed.(2)
Internet References
Larva
Works Cited
1.Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
2.Peterson Field Guides: Beetles
Richard E. White. 1983. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 28 March, 2005 - 12:03pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 12:05pm

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