The complete mitochondrial genome of Agriotes fuscicollis Miwa, 1928 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 In this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome of Agriotes fuscicollis Miwa, 1928 (Coleoptera: Elateridae). The results showed that the length of complete mitochondrial genome was 15,866 bp with 26.8% GC content, containing 39.6% A, 33.5 ...
Linxiao Wei +4 more
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Click beetle larvae from Cretaceous Burmese amber represent an ancient Gondwanan lineage [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe click beetles (Elateridae) represent the major and well-known group of the polyphagan superfamily Elateroidea. Despite a relatively rich fossil record of Mesozoic Elateridae, only a few species are described from the Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber ...
Robin Kundrata +5 more
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Matrix-based key to the click beetle genera of Canada and USA with a summary of habitat use (Coleoptera, Elateridae) [PDF]
ZooKeysThe Elateridae, or click beetles are abundant and diverse in most terrestrial ecosystems in North America, acting as plant pests and filling many other ecological roles.
Hume B. Douglas +3 more
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The first record of the genus Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) in Mongolia [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2023 The genus Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and the species A. murinus (Linnaeus, 1758) are recorded for Mongolia for the first time. This species is widely distributed in the Palaearctic, mainly in Euro-Siberian region.
Ts. Ulzii, Ch. Gantigmaa, U. Aibek
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The Clicking Elateroidea from Chinese Mesozoic Deposits (Insecta, Coleoptera)
Insects, 2020 Recent molecular studies have suggested that the clicking beetle families Elateridae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae, and Cerophytidae evolved in the Jurassic and diversified in the Cretaceous.
Jyrki Muona, Huali Chang, Dong Ren
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Cretopachyderes gen. nov., a new remarkable click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Agrypninae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber [PDF]
Fossil Record, 2021 Although the Mesozoic Era played an important role in the evolution and diversification of Elateridae, the Cretaceous click-beetle fauna remains very poorly known. Here we describe Cretopachyderes burmitinus gen. et sp. nov.
R. Kundrata +4 more
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Fossil Genera in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): A Triassic Origin and Jurassic Diversification
Insects, 2020 Insect fossils bear important information about the evolutionary history of the group. The fossil record of Elateridae, a large cosmopolitan beetle family, has been greatly understudied and the available data are often replete with ambiguity and ...
Robin Kundrata +2 more
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Biology, 2021 Click-beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) are an abundant, diverse, and economically important beetle family that includes bioluminescent species. To date, molecular phylogenies have sampled relatively few taxa and genes, incompletely resolving subfamily ...
Hume B. Douglas +10 more
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The complete mitogenome of jewel click beetle Campsosternus auratus (Drury, 1773)
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2022 Campsosternus auratus (Drury, 1773) is a large, beautiful click beetle found in Southern China. The complete mitogenome of C. auratus was reported in this study. The mitogenome contains 15,943 base pairs. The composition of mitogenome is 39.6% for A, 9.9%
Xiaoning Zhang, Qingbai Hou
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A faunistic study of the family Elateridae in Bačka, Serbia [PDF]
Pesticidi i Fitomedicina, 2017 A faunistic study of the family Elateridae was carried out in Bačka, the north-western district of Vojvodina Province in Serbia, focusing on their preferred habitats and soil types.
Toscano Bruno +6 more
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