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Subfamily Agrypninae

Representative Images

Eyed Click Beetle - Alaus oculatus Conoderus lividus - Monocrepidius lividus Beetle - Pherhimius fascicularis Alaus oculatus - Eyed Click Beetle - Alaus oculatus Conoderus bellus - Monocrepidius bellus Lacon sparsus Chalcolepidius smaragdinus Alaus oculatus

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

Explanation of Names

Agrypninae Candèze 1857 [nomen protectum]

Numbers

~100 spp. in 17 genera of 5 tribes in our area(1), 9 tribes worldwide(2)

Works Cited

1.Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
2.Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)
Bouchard P, Bousquet Y, Davies A, Alonso-Zarazaga M, Lawrence JF, Lyal CH, Newton A, Reid CA, Schmitt M, Ślipiński SA, Smith A. 2011. ZooKeys 88: 1–972.
Contributed by Phillip Harpootlian on 12 September, 2005 - 9:03am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 1 March, 2015 - 9:35am

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