Anostirus is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae.[1]

Anostirus
Anostirus castaneus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain:Eukaryota
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Elateridae
Subfamily:Dendrometrinae
Tribe:Prosternini
Genus:Anostirus
C. G. Thomson, 1859

First record of the Anostirus gracilicollis was made in Hungary by Stierlin in 1896.[2]

The genus was described in 1859 by Carl Gustaf Thomson.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "IRMNG - Anostirus Thomson, 1859". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ^ Anostirus species of Hungary – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ "Anostirus C.G.Thomson, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.