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Species Hemicrepidius bilobatus

A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classifica

By F. E. Etzler
Coleopterists Bulletin, 2020

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Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 12 January, 2021 - 10:18am

Notes on the species of Asaphes in Boreal America

By G. H. Horn
Trans Amer Entomol Soc. 8: 69-75, 1880

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Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 25 June, 2019 - 9:23pm

Checklist of the Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Montana,USA, with Taxonomic Notes

By F.E. Etzler & C.E. Seibert
The Coleopterist Bulletin 76(3): 449-477, 2022

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Contributed by Nicolas Bédard on 6 October, 2025 - 9:47am

A study of some genera of Elateridae.

By Horn, G.H.
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12: 33-52., 1884

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Horn, G.H. 1884. A study of some genera of Elateridae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 12: 33-52.

While preparing the portion of Dr. LeConte's paper for publication relating to Elateridae, my attention was drawn to the confusion existing in several genera from the scattered descriptions of the species, and the absence, in many cases, of comparisons between them. To supply the want which appeared to exist I have made the following studies.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 31 July, 2025 - 2:10pm

World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae...

By Kundrata R, Kubaczkova M, Prosvirov AS, Douglas HB, Fojtikova A, Costa C, Bousquet Y, Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Bouchard P
ZooKeys 839: 83–154, 2019

Full title: World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae 📥︎

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Contributed by v belov on 21 July, 2024 - 10:40pm

The click beetle subfamilies Agrypninae, Pyrophorinae, and Melanotinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Missouri - Part I

By J. W. Smith and W. R. Enns
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 436-468, 1977

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 14 January, 2023 - 8:43pm

The click beetle subfamilies Agrypninae, Pyrophorinae, and Melanotinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Missouri - Part II

By J. W. Smith and W. R. Enns
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp. 42-74, 1978

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J. W. Smith publishes a correction to Part II in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 327, 1978

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 14 January, 2023 - 8:26pm

On certain North American Elateridae, new and old.

By Fall, H.C.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society 42: 7–36., 1934

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Fall, H.C. 1934. On certain North American Elateridae, new and old. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 42: 7–36. (Full Text)

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 October, 2022 - 3:29pm

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