Genus Beckerus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Beckerus appressus (Randall) - Beckerus appressus

Selatosomus pulcher? - Beckerus appressus

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 Prosternini

Genus Beckerus

Explanation of Names

Beckerus Johnson in Majka & Johnson 2008(1)

Numbers

2 spp., both in our area(1)

Range

ne. NA and ID(2)

Food

prey on invertebrates in saproxylic or forest-floor situations(1)

Works Cited

1.	The Elateridae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: faunal composition, new records, and taxonomic changes C.G. Majka & P.J. Johnson. 2008. Zootaxa 1811: 1–33.

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

Contributed by Blaine Mathison on 22 February, 2012 - 4:27pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 22 February, 2012 - 6:16pm

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