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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Heteroderes » Gulf Wireworm (Heteroderes amplicollis)

Species Heteroderes amplicollis - Gulf Wireworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Clicker.... - Heteroderes amplicollis Heteroderes amplicollis W133 - Heteroderes amplicollis W138 - Heteroderes amplicollis Unknown Beetle - Heteroderes amplicollis Click beetle - Heteroderes amplicollis Elateridae; Heteroderes amplicollis - Heteroderes amplicollis Elateridae; Heteroderes amplicollis - Heteroderes amplicollis
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 Agrypninae
Tribe Oophorini
Genus Heteroderes
Species amplicollis (Gulf Wireworm)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal), Heteroderes nicholsi Notman, Heteroderes laurentii auct. not Guérin-Méneville
Explanation of Names
Heteroderes amplicollis (Gyllenhal 1817)
Range
introduced to CA-AZ, se. US (TX-FL-NC-OK) / W. Indies - Map (1)(2), widespread neotropical species
Life Cycle
Larvae are alleged to be damaging pests of agricultural herbs and sweet potatoes, damaging roots and carrying pathogens
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by tom murray on 22 January, 2008 - 11:20pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Joshua Stuart Rose, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 30 July, 2022 - 8:23pm

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