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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Elateriformia » Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles (Elateroidea) » Click Beetles (Elateridae) » Agrypninae » Hemirhipini » Alaus » Western Eyed Click Beetle (Alaus melanops)

Species Alaus melanops - Western Eyed Click Beetle

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Western Eyed Click Beetle? - Alaus melanops

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)

No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)

Superfamily Elateroidea (Click, Firefly and Soldier Beetles)

Family Elateridae (Click Beetles)

Subfamily Agrypninae

Tribe Hemirhipini

Genus Alaus

Species melanops (Western Eyed Click Beetle)

Other Common Names

Eyed Elater

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: LeConte, 1863

Explanation of Names

melanops - Greek for black face or appearance (1)

Numbers

5 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Size

20-35 mm (3)

Identification

Eyespots do not contrast very strongly against pronotum in the published illustrations--see print references.

Range

CA-NM-ID-WA / BC (3)

Habitat

Coniferous forests

Season

Primarily Jun-Jul (BG data)

Life Cycle

Larvae are predators of larvae of wood-borers that feed on pine.

Remarks

Type Locality: California

See Also

But this is an eastern sp. and the ranges don't overlap

Alaus myops (Fabricius)

Print References

Powell, p. 281, fig. 362. (4)

Papp, p. 109, fig. 343--illustration (5)

Internet References

Type - MCZC, Harvard

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

2.	American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea Arnett, R.H., Jr., M. C. Thomas, P. E. Skelley and J. H. Frank. (eds.). 2002. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

3.	Field Guide to Beetles of California Arthur V. Evans and James N. Hogue. 2006. University of California Press.

4.	California Insects Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue. 1989. University of California Press.

5.	Introduction to North American Beetles Charles S. Papp. 1984. Entomography Pubns.

Contributed by Cotinis on 30 August, 2004 - 8:22pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 10 April, 2012 - 8:58pm

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