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Genus Hemicrepidius

Representative Images

Elaterid 1 - Hemicrepidius pallidipennis click beetle - Hemicrepidius nemnonius Click Beetle - Hemicrepidius falli Click Beetle - Hemicrepidius falli Click Beetle - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus Elateridae - Hemicrepidius Hemicrepidius sp? - Hemicrepidius Click 13 - Hemicrepidius melanophthalmus

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 Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Hemicrepidiina
Genus Hemicrepidius

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pedetes Kirby, 1837
Asaphes Kirby, 1837
Heterathous Reitter, 1905
Pseudathous Mequignon, 1930
Miwacrepidius Ohira, 1962
Yukara Kishii, 1962
Medakathous Kishii, 1964

Explanation of Names

Hemicrepidius Germar 1839

Numbers

20 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area(1)

Range

Holarctic & Oriental(1)

Works Cited

1.A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classifica
F. E. Etzler. 2020. Coleopterists Bulletin.
Contributed by Cotinis on 23 January, 2008 - 1:47pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, bmathison1972
Last updated 28 November, 2021 - 6:28pm

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