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Genus Sericus

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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 Elaterini
Genus Sericus
Explanation of Names
Sericus Eschscholtz 1829(1)
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(2)
Range
boreal and montane(2)
Works Cited
1.Monograph of the subtribe Elaterina (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae: Elaterinae).
Schimmel R. and D. Tarnawski. 2010. Genus 21(3): 325–487.
2.Johnson P.J. (-2013) Elateridae of Canada and the Continental United States
Contributed by tom murray on 21 September, 2008 - 1:09pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 12:50pm

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