(Family Elateridae)
Overview • Description • Distribution • Taxonomy
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Description |
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The body is long and somewhat flattened. It is usually brown or black, sometimes metallic, sometimes with pale or colorful markings. The front of the body (head and prothorax) and the back of the body (mesothorax, metathorax, and abdomen) are loosely connected and can be moved independently. On the underside, an elongated lobe on the prosternum fits into a groove in the mesosternum, allowing the insect to produce an audible click. The hind angles of the thoracic plate (pronotum) are sharp and backward pointing. The antennae have eleven segments and are attached close to the eyes. They are usually sawtoothed, sometimes comb-like. |
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Taxonomy |
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Order |
Coleoptera (beetles) | ||
Suborder |
Polyphaga (water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles) | ||
Infraorder |
Elateriformia | ||
Superfamily |
Elateroidea (click, firefly and soldier beetles) | ||
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Subfamily Agrypninae Subfamily Cardiophorinae Subfamily Cebrioninae Subfamily Dendrometrinae Subfamily Elaterinae Subfamily Lissominae Subfamily Negastriinae Subfamily Oestodinae Subfamily Oxynopterinae Subfamily Pityobiinae |
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Synonyms |
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Common Names |
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click beetle |
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Glossary
Pronotum
The saddle-shaped, exoskeletal plate on the upper side of the first segment of the thorax of an insect.
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Finding a number of these Click Beetles hanging around my bee hives. |
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Click Beetle (Elateridae) Demonstrating Click Mechanism Carl Barrentine |
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About
Uploaded on Jul 8, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (07 July 2010). |
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Click Beetle (Elateridae) on Leaf Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on May 27, 2010 Photographed at the Rydell NWR, Minnesota (27 May 2010). |
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Click Beetle (Elateridae: Agriotes fucosus) Close-up Carl Barrentine |
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Uploaded on Jun 3, 2011 Photographed at the Turtle River State Park, North Dakota (03 June 2011). Thanks to Blaine Mathison and v belov(@Bugguide.net) for identifying this specimen! |
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Elateridae - Click Beetle Science Gal |
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About
Published on Oct 2, 2015 This beetle has a special way to get off its back! Here is more information: |
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