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Genus Conoderus

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 Conoderus

Explanation of Names

Conoderus Eschscholtz 1829

Greek 'cone-necked'

Numbers

27 spp. in our area(1), close to 400 total

Identification

key to spp. (very incomplete) in (2)

Range

across NA, more diverse in e. and so. US(1)

Remarks

Some are important pests

Works Cited

1.	Johnson P.J. (2009) Classification of the Nearctic genera of Elateridae

2.	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 Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 August, 2020 - 8:25pm

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