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Tribe Ampedini

Unknown larva 9 - Ampedus Ampedus - Ampedus occidentalis Scott's Valley- 6 - Ampedus longicornis Click beetle - Ampedus areolatus Ampedus areolatus Loomis-0BG.J.2020.14 - Ampedus fastus Amedus - Ampedus Click -9 - Ampedus melanotoides
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 Ampedini
Explanation of Names
Ampedini Gistel 1856
Numbers
the largest tribe of the Elaterinae, with ca. 160 spp. in 7 genera in our area, divided into 3 subtribes(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA
Works Cited
1.Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
Contributed by v belov on 11 March, 2010 - 2:00pm
Last updated 28 February, 2015 - 1:14pm

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