Elateroides

Genus of beetles

Elateroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Family:
Lymexylidae
Genus:
Elateroides

Schaeffer, 1766
Synonyms
  • Hylecoetus Latreille, 1806
  • Hylicetus Berthold, 1827 (Lapsus calami)
  • Xylecoethus Gyllenhal, 1827 (Lapsus calami)
  • Hyloceotus Melsheimer, 1853 (Lapsus calami)
  • Hyloecotus Lacordaire, 1857 (Lapsus calami)
  • Hylecerus Jacquelin du Val, 1863 (Lapsus calami)

Elateroides is a genus of rarely found beetles in the family Lymexylidae, containing the following species:[1]

Species

  • Elateroides dermestoides (Linnaeus, 1761)
  • Elateroides flabellicornis (Schneider, 1791)
  • Elateroides lugubris (Say, 1835)

Taxonomy

Nardi 2019 writes (p. 597) "Bollow (1940: 867) described Hylecoetus dermestoides L. ab. nigrocephalus, H. dermestoides L. ab. Reitteri and H. dermestoides L. ab. Stoeckleini from Germany, but they are unavailable infrasubspecific names."

References

  1. ^ Lymexylidae Species List at Joel Hallan’s Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 17 May 2012.
  • Nardi, G. 2019. Synonymic notes on European Lymexylidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4450(4): 597–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.11
Taxon identifiers
Elateroides
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