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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Elateroidea » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Dendrometrinae » Dendrometrini » Dendrometrina » Euplastius

Genus Euplastius

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
problematic elaterid #1 - Euplastius mimicus Click beetle June 15 - Euplastius Euplastius athoides Euplastius mimicus Euplastius bivittatus Eusplastius melsheimeri - Euplastius melsheimeri Eusplastius again! - Euplastius melsheimeri Euplastius athoides
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 Euplastius
Explanation of Names
Euplastius Schwarz 1903
Numbers
5 spp. in our area(1)
Range
se. US(1)
Remarks
Type species: Euplastius athoides Schwarz, 1903 (California)
Works Cited
1.The North American elaterid types of Otto Schwarz, with a revision of Ctenicera bivittata (Melsheimer) and allies (Coleoptera).
E. C. Becker. 1961. The Canadian Entomologist. 93: 161-181.
Contributed by v belov on 10 December, 2010 - 10:44am
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche, bmathison1972
Last updated 7 November, 2018 - 5:53am

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