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Family Eucnemidae - False Click Beetles


An annotated list of the false click beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae).
By Hoffman, R.L., R.L. Otto, and R. Vigneault.
Banisteria 34: 25-32., 2009
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Hoffman, R.L., R.L. Otto, and R. Vigneault. 2009. An annotated list of the false click beetles of Virginia (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Banisteria 34: 25-32.

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Eucnemidae
By Webster R.P., Sweeney J.D., Demerchant I.
Zookeys 179: 77-91, 2012

New USA state records for eight species of false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae)
By Otto R.L.
Col. Bull. 66: 358-359, 2012

A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae
By Muona J.
Acta Zool. Fenn. 212: 1‒106, 2000

A new species and new records for two other exotic species of Dirrhagofarsus Fleutiaux, 1935 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae:...
By Otto R.L.
Insecta Mundi 0932: 1–15, 2022
Full title: A new species and new records for two other exotic species of Dirrhagofarsus Fleutiaux, 1935 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Dirhagini) in the United States 📥︎

Description of Dirrhagofarsus ernae n. sp. with a key to the known Dirrhagofarsus species (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae)
By Otto R.L., Muona J., McClarin J.
Zootaxa 3878: 179‒184, 2014
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Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic region. Part V: Fifth instar larval descriptions for eight species of Microrhagus Dejean...
By Otto R.L.
Insecta Mundi 0421: 1-46, 2015
Full title: Eucnemid larvae of the Nearctic region. Part V: Fifth instar larval descriptions for eight species of Microrhagus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae: Melasinae: Dirhagini), with descriptions of four new species and notes on their biology.

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A new North American species of Microrhagus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae), with a key to the Nearctic species
By Otto R.L.
Insecta Mundi 0307: 1-6, 2013