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Click Beetles, Alaus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
EDIS, 2002 Because of their striking appearance and their large size, beetles of the genus Alaus are commonly brought to the attention of nursery inspectors and Cooperative Extension Service agents. Three species in this genus, A. myops (Fabricius), A.
Robert E. Woodruff
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Descriptions of two new flightless species of Pseudocsikia Schimmel & Platia (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dimini) from Taiwan Island, China, with a definition of the formosana species-group [PDF]
ZooKeys, 2022 Two new flightless click beetle species, Pseudocsikia choui sp. nov. and Pseudocsikia chanjuan sp. nov., are described and illustrated from Taiwan, China. Their habitus and diagnostic characters are illustrated. The two species most resemble P. formosana,
Lu Qiu, Robin Kundrata
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Corn wireworm Melanotus communis Gyllenhal (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
EDIS, 2014 Insects in the family Elateridae are commonly known as click beetles. Their name comes from the clicking sound they make while attempting to right themselves after falling or being placed on their backs. The larvae of click beetles are called wireworms.
Harsimran K. Gill +4 more
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New records of non-native Coleoptera in Italy [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 In the last decades, climate change and globalisation have been exacerbating the introduction of non-native beetles worldwide. Due toits peculiar territory, climate and geographical position in the middle of the Mediterranean Basin, Italy is one of the ...
Enrico Ruzzier +5 more
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Gulf wireworm, Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae)
EDIS, 2020 Larvae of click beetles are known as wireworms because of their wire like appearance. The Gulf wireworm, Conoderus amplicollis, is a polyphagous pest mostly found in soil with high organic matter.
Mohammad Razzak, Dakshina Seal
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Insects, 2021 Wireworms are yellowish soil-dwelling larvae that damage a wide range of arable crops. The most common wireworms found in European cultivated fields (except for the Caucasus) belong to the genus Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae).
Lorenzo Furlan +4 more
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Sex Pheromone of the Click Beetle Agriotes pilosellus (Schönherr, 1718) [PDF]
Journal of Chemical Ecology, 2022 AbstractAgriotes pilosellus is a fairly common click beetle species distributed in open deciduous and mixed forests throughout a large area in Europe. To identify its sex pheromone, gland extracts of female beetles were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Till Tolasch +2 more
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Managing Wireworms in Florida Sweet Potatoes
EDIS, 2021 This publication describes current methods for managing wireworms in sweet potato. Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, are the most damaging insect pests of those that infest the foliage and roots.
Robert Hochmuth +5 more
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Diversity, 2022 The click beetles (Elateridae) originated in the Mesozoic and recently form a relatively large family with approximately 10,000 described species worldwide. However, the Mesozoic, and particularly Cretaceous, click beetle fauna remains very poorly known.
Katerina Triskova +3 more
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Distribution of economically important click beetles and the first record of Agriotes sordidus Illiger in Hungary [PDF]
Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2023 Distribution and abundance of the most harmful click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) were sampled with sex pheromone traps at 11 sites in the Carpathian lowlands in 2022.
Kálmán SZANYI +2 more
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