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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Oophorini » Monocrepidius » Southern Potato Wireworm (Monocrepidius falli)

Species Monocrepidius falli - Southern Potato Wireworm

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Specimen 1 - Monocrepidius falli Black light - Monocrepidius falli Conoderes falli (Lane) - Monocrepidius falli Elateridae?? - Monocrepidius falli Clicker... - Monocrepidius falli Conoderus falli? - Monocrepidius falli Conoderus falli? - Monocrepidius falli small Elateridae sp. - Monocrepidius falli
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
Tribe Oophorini
Genus Monocrepidius
Species falli (Southern Potato Wireworm)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Monocrepidius falli Lane, 1956; synonyms:
Conoderus falli Lane
Heteroderes falli (Lane)
Heteroderes vagus Candèze 1893
Monocrepidius difformis Fall 1927
Explanation of Names
Conoderes falli (Lane 1956)
Size
6-9 mm(1)
Range
native to the Neotropics, adventive in our area (VA-FL-CA)(1)
Food
Destructive to potato and vegetable crops in se US (Dean & Cuthbert 1955)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: GA 1927 (Dean & Cuthbert 1955); first collected in CA in 1963(2)
Print References
Dean O.T., Cuthbert F.P. (1955) The distribution and relative abundance of wireworms in potato-growing areas of the Southeastern States. J. Econ. Entomol. 48: 191-193.
Works Cited
1.Beetles of Eastern North America
Arthur V. Evans. 2014. Princeton University Press.
2.Distribution of four introduced Conoderus species in California (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
M.W. Stone. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(3): 163-166.
Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 28 August, 2010 - 5:57pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 July, 2024 - 9:33pm

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