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Species Agrypnus rectangularis

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UID BEETLE - Agrypnus rectangularis Click beetle - Agrypnus rectangularis Agrypnus rectangularis Elaterid - Agrypnus rectangularis Agrypnus rectangularis rough clicker - Agrypnus rectangularis Elateridae sp. - Agrypnus rectangularis Click Beetle - Agrypnus rectangularis

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 Agrypnini
Genus Agrypnus
Species rectangularis (Agrypnus rectangularis)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agrypnus rectangularis (Say)
Orig. Comb: Colaulon rectangularis Say 1825

Range

e US to NM - Map (NM-FL-NY-SD) (1)(2), mostly s. Great Plains & se US

Internet References

iNaturalist (2)

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.iNaturalist
Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 26 January, 2008 - 11:50am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 16 December, 2022 - 8:17pm

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