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

Species Monocrepidius exsul - Pasture Wireworm

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 exsul (Pasture Wireworm)
Other Common Names
Sugarcane Wireworm
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Monocrepidius exsul Sharp 1877; synonyms:
Conoderus exsul (Sharp 1877)
Conoderus bicarinatus Van Dyke 1932
Explanation of Names
exsula 'stranger, an exilé'
Size
9.5‒13 mm
Identification
pronotal angles bicarinate, elytral apices bidentate
Range
native to New Zealand, adventive in our area (OR‒CA‒FL‒MD) and in HI(1)(2)
Food
Omnivorous. Larvae may prefer soil-living insects, adults observed eating sweetcorn pollen(3)
Remarks
first record in our area: 1932
Internet References
Fact sheet(4)
Works Cited
1. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
2.Distribution of four introduced Conoderus species in California (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
M.W. Stone. 1975. The Coleopterists Bulletin 29(3): 163-166.
3.Food habits of pasture wireworm, Conoderus exsul (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
L.N. Roberston. 1987. New Zealand Journal of Zoology.
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Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 28 August, 2010 - 5:58pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Hartmut Wisch, Mike Quinn, v belov, dvoribird
Last updated 21 July, 2024 - 7:06pm

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