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Genus Paradonus

Paradonus futilis (LeConte) - Paradonus futilis Elateridae - Paradonus futilis Beetle - Paradonus Mojave-50 - Paradonus Waterford-J.2021-04 - Paradonus micro beetle - Paradonus Tiny Click - Paradonus Paradonus stibicki - female
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 Negastriinae
Genus Paradonus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
NA spp. revised by Etzler (2020)(1)
Explanation of Names
Paradonus Stibick 1971
Numbers
9 spp. in our area (plus several unnamed spp. in the southwest), ~20 total(1)
Size
2-4 mm
Range
New World; across NA, most spp. eastern(1)