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Species Gambrinus griseus

Representative Images

6008207,6008209 Elaterid - Gambrinus griseus Elaterid - Gambrinus griseus Clicker June 1 - Gambrinus griseus Click beetle - Gambrinus griseus Gambrinus griseus Click Beetle - Gambrinus griseus Click Beetle - Gambrinus griseus Click 28 - Gambrinus griseus

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 Dendrometrinae
Tribe Dendrometrini
Subtribe Dendrometrina
Genus Gambrinus
Species griseus (Gambrinus griseus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gambrinus griseus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
Synonyms, etc.
Limonius griseus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)
cylindriformis Say, hirticollis Melsheimer (1)

Size

10-14 mm (2) (3)

Identification

Paraphrasing descriptions (2) (3):
brown/gray-brown, >10 mm
antennae much paler than body, third segment distinctly longer than second
pronotal median impressed line indistinct, coarsely, densely punctate, sides of posterior angles parallel

Range

e. US west to KS-*TX(1)(*BG data)

Works Cited

1.Revision of the North American species of Limonius (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
Al Dhafer H.M. 2005. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 135: 209-352.
2.A Manual of Common Beetles of Eastern North America
Dillon, Elizabeth S., and Dillon, Lawrence. 1961. Row, Peterson, and Company.
3.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 8 June, 2010 - 7:01pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 29 March, 2021 - 9:02am

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