| Elaterinae | |
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| Megapenthes caprella | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaterinae Leach, 1815 |
| Tribes | |
Elaterinae is a subfamily of click beetles in the family Elateridae, containing 12 tribes worldwide.
Selected genera
- Agriotes
- Ampedus
- Anchastus
- Anilicus
- Aplastus
- Blauta Leconte, 1854
- Cebrio
- Dalopius
- Dicrepidius Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829
- Diplostethus Schwarz, 1907
- Dipropus Germar, 1839
- Dolerosomus
- Elater Linnaeus, 1758
- Glyphonyx Candèze, 1863
- Idolus
- Leptoschema Horn, 1885
- Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858
- Melanotus Erichson, 1829
- Mulsanteus (brown wireworms)
- Odontonychus
- Orthostethus
- Parallelostethus
- Physorhinus
- Pomachilus
- Sericus
- Synaptus
References
- Robin Kundrata, Nicole L. Gunter, Dominika Janosikova & Ladislav Bocak (2018) Molecular evidence for the subfamilial status of Tetralobinae (Coleoptera: Elateridae), with comments on parallel evolution of some phenotypic characters. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 76: 137-145.
Further reading
- 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 LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
- Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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