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

Genus Monocrepidius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Works Cited
Beetle - Monocrepidius lividus Click beetle - Monocrepidius lividus 051712Clicker6 - Monocrepidius aversus Conoderus? - Monocrepidius Unknown Click Beetle - Monocrepidius lividus Conoderus sp - Monocrepidius Conoderus parallelus? - Monocrepidius parallelus Conoderus scissus - Monocrepidius scissus
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
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Conoderus Eschscholtz 1829(1)
as currently delineated, non-monophyletic (discussion)
Explanation of Names
Monocrepidius Eschscholtz 1829
Numbers
27 spp. in our area(2), close to 400 total
Identification
key to spp. (very incomplete) in (3)
Range
much of the world, mostly tropical • widespread in NA, more diverse in e. & s.US(2)
Remarks
Some are important pests
Works Cited
1.World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae...
Kundrata R, Kubaczkova M, Prosvirov AS, Douglas HB, Fojtikova A, Costa C, Bousquet Y, Alonso-Zarazaga MA, Bouchard P. 2019. ZooKeys 839: 83–154.
2.Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae
3.Miscellaneous studies in the Elateridae and related families of Coleoptera
E. C. Van Dyke. 1932. Proc. California Academy of Sciences; 20(9): 291-465.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 7 June, 2006 - 7:42pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 21 July, 2024 - 10:41pm

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