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Genus Alaus


New species of Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Agrypninae, Hemirhipini)
By Sônia A. Casari
Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 2003
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00379271.2003.10697390

Key to all 18 recognized species included

Systematics and phylogenetic analysis of Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Elateridae)
By S.A. Casari
Revta bras. Ent. 40(2): 249-298, 1996

Larvae of Alaus myops, A. oculatus, Chalcolepidius porcatus, Hemirhipus apicalis and generic larval characterization...
By S.A. Casari
Iheringia, Sér. Zool. 92(2): 93-110, 2002

The click beetle subfamilies Agrypninae, Pyrophorinae, and Melanotinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Missouri - Part I
By J. W. Smith and W. R. Enns
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 436-468, 1977
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The click beetle subfamilies Agrypninae, Pyrophorinae, and Melanotinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Missouri - Part II
By J. W. Smith and W. R. Enns
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 42-74, 1978
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J. W. Smith publishes a correction to Part II in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 327, 1978

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On certain North American Elateridae, new and old.
By Fall, H.C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 42: 7–36., 1934
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Fall, H.C. 1934. On certain North American Elateridae, new and old. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 42: 7–36. (Full Text)

Click Beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the Southeastern United States
By Mathison B.A.
Occasional Papers FSCA 13: 1-414, 2021

Miscellaneous studies in the Elateridae and related families of Coleoptera
By E. C. Van Dyke
Proc. California Academy of Sciences; 20(9): 291-465, 1932