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Genus Athoplastus


Semi-tropical Texas.
By Schwarz, E.A.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3., 1896
Full Text - BHL

Schwarz, E.A. 1896. Semi-tropical Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 4: 1-3.

If, confining myself to Coleoptera found by Prof. Townsend or myself near Brownsville, I mention the genera Agra, Dasydactylus, Physorhinus, Achryson, Gnaphalodes, Amphionycha, Megascelis, Plectrotetra, Brachycoryna, Listronychus, Polypria (quite a number of others are not yet determined, or undescribed), no one can deny the existence of a semi-tropical insect fauna along the north bank of the lower Rio Grande.

The beetle community of small oak twigs in Louisiana, with a literature review of Coleoptera from fine woody debris
By Ferro M.L., Gimmel M.L., Harms K.E., Carlton C.E.
Col. Bull. 63: 239-263, 2009

CHECKLIST OF BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: INSECTA) OF SASKATCHEWAN
By Hooper R.R., Larson D.J.
privately published; 133 pp.
Full text

important albeit undated paper, with many records not reflected in (1); unorthodox layout solutions make it difficult to use, tho
thanks to Pat Bouchard for directing me to it.

A preliminary study of the genitalia of female Coleoptera
By Vasco M. Tanner
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 5-50, 1927

New Coleoptera State Records from Maine, USA: 54 Species from Bycatch Collected in Baxter State Park
By DiGirolomo, MF, Blackington, CO, Michaud, DJ, Bourque, DR
The Coleopterists Bulletin, 2021
DiGirolomo, MF, Blackington, CO, Michaud, DJ, & Bourque, DR. 2021. New Coleoptera State Records from Maine, USA: 54 Species from Bycatch Collected in Baxter State Park. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 75(1): 161–172.

https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.161

Food habits of pasture wireworm, Conoderus exsul (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
By L.N. Roberston
New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 1987

Conoderus exsul
By MAF Plant Health & Environment Laboratory
PaDIL, New Zealand Biosecurity, 2014
full text on PaDIL site: Conoderus exsul

Conoderus exsul (wireworm, Hawaiian, sugarcane)
By CABI
CAB International: Invasive Species Compendium. Wallingford, UK, 2019