Genus Euthysanius - Arboreal Click Beetles

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Works Cited

Click Beetle: Euthysanius species - Euthysanius - male

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 Cebrioninae

Tribe Aplastini

Genus Euthysanius (Arboreal Click Beetles)

Explanation of Names

Euthysanius LeConte 1853

Numbers

9 spp. in our area(1)

Size

♂ 15-20 mm, ♀ up to 35 mm

Range

CA(1); also recorded from UT-AZ

Habitat

Males under pine bark and at lights; females are flightless and crawl on ground

Food

larvae may be predators or feed in rotting wood (not yet known)

Works Cited

1.	Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae

Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 6 August, 2005 - 9:30am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 28 March, 2021 - 4:41pm

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