Megapenthes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Megapenthes.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaterinae |
| Genus: | Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858 |
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Species edit
These 31 species belong to the genus Megapenthes:
- Megapenthes almeidai Navajas, 1946 g
- Megapenthes angularis (LeConte, 1866) b
- Megapenthes apacheorum Becker, 1971 g
- Megapenthes aterrimus (Motschulsky, 1859) g
- Megapenthes caprella (LeConte, 1859) g b
- Megapenthes confusus Fleutiaux, 1932 g
- Megapenthes elegans Horn, 1871 b
- Megapenthes gentneri Lane, 1965 g
- Megapenthes gomyi Girard, 2001 g
- Megapenthes ibitiensis Navajas, 1944 g
- Megapenthes insignis (LeConte, 1884) b
- Megapenthes lepidus LeConte, 1884 b
- Megapenthes limbalis (Herbst, 1806) b
- Megapenthes longicornis Schaeffer, 1916 b
- Megapenthes lugens (W.Redtenbacher, 1842) g
- Megapenthes nigriceps Schaeffer, 1916 b
- Megapenthes nigriventris LeConte, 1884 g b
- Megapenthes oblongicollis (Miwa, 1929) g
- Megapenthes pallidulus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002 g
- Megapenthes quadrimaculatus (Horn, 1871) b
- Megapenthes rogersi Horn, 1871 g b
- Megapenthes rousseli Fleutiaux, 1933 g
- Megapenthes rufilabris (Germar, 1844) b
- Megapenthes rutilipennis Candeze, 1859 g
- Megapenthes solitarius Fall, 1934 g
- Megapenthes stigmosus (LeConte, 1853) g b
- Megapenthes sturmii (Germar, 1844) g
- Megapenthes tarsalis Schaeffer, 1916 b
- Megapenthes tartareus (LeConte, 1859) g b
- Megapenthes texanus Becker, 1971 g
- Megapenthes turbulentus (LeConte, 1853) b
Data sources: i = ITIS,[3] c = Catalogue of Life,[4] g = GBIF,[1] b = Bugguide.net[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "Megapenthes". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ a b "Megapenthes Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
- ^ "Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2018-05-13.
Further reading edit
- Arnett, R.H. Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0849309540.
- Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
- Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony E.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel A.; et al. (2011). "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (88). Pensoft Publishers: 1–972. doi:10.3897/zookeys.88.807. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 3088472. PMID 21594053.
- LeConte, J.L. (1861). Classification of the Coleoptera of North America. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Vol. 3. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.38459. ISBN 0665100558.
- White, Richard E. (1998) [1983]. A Field Guide to the Beetles of North America (Peterson Field Guides). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 0395910897.
External links edit
Media related to Megapenthes at Wikimedia Commons
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