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Glyphonyx
Genus
Glyphonyx
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
Elaterinae
Tribe
Synaptini
Genus
Glyphonyx
Explanation of Names
Glyphonyx
Candèze
1863
'carved claw'
Numbers
17 spp. in our area
(
1
)
Identification
revision & key in
(
2
)
Range
e. & s. NA
(
1
)
Remarks
our only representative of the subtribe Synaptina Gistel 1856
(
1
)
Works Cited
1.
Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
2.
A taxonomic revision of the Nearctic species of Glyphonyx (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with notes on G. quadraticollis Champion
James W. Smith and Edward U. Balsbaugh, Jr. 1984. North Dakota Insects Schafer-Post Series, no. 16, 85 p.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 23 January, 2008 - 8:16pm
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
bmathison1972
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 1:31pm