Megapenthes
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elateroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Elaterinae
Tribus: Megapenthini
Genus:
Species:
M. azumai –
M. bengalensis –
M. claudei –
M. dajuensis –
M. dongchuanensis –
M. funebrioides –
M. funebris –
M. holzschuhi –
M. hummeli –
M. japonicus –
M. jizuensis –
M. kubani –
M. kurosawai –
M. kusuii –
M. linearis –
M. lugens –
M. luteipes –
M. makiharai –
M. oblongicollis –
M. opacus –
M. pallidulus –
M. papuensis –
M. pierrei –
M. riesei –
M. rugosus –
M. rutilipennis –
M. sechuanensis –
M. seinoi –
M. semelai –
M. shirozui –
M. taichii –
M. tartareus –
M. tattakensis –
M. tetricus –
M. yagii –
M. yahiroi –
M. yunnanus –
?M. kieneri
Name
Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858.
Type species: Elater lugens W. Redtenbacher, 1842.
Synonymy
- Dolopiosomus Motschulsky, 1860: 380.
- Type species: Dolopiosomus aterrimus Motschulsky, 1860 [= Trichophorus tartareus LeConte, 1859]
- Horizoteichos Van Zwaluwenburg, 1931: 432.
- Type species: Horizoteichos papuensis Van Zwaluwenburg, 1931.
References
Primary references
- Kiesenwetter E.A.H. von 1857–1863. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Vierter Band. Berlin: Nicolai'sche Buchhandlung. 745 pp. BHL Reference page. [see page 353]
- Motschulsky, V. de 1859. Coléoptères nouveaux de la Californie. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32(4): 357–410. BHL Reference page.
- Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1931. Elateridae from New Guinea and New Britain in the Collections of the Experiment Station H. S. P. A. (Col.). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7(3): 427–436. PDF. Reference page.
Additional references
- Cate, P.C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2007. Elateridae, pp. 89–209. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 4. Elateroidea – Derodontoidea – Lymexyloidea – Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. 935 pp. ISBN 87-88757-67-6 DOI: 10.1163/9789004260894
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). Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page. [see pages 136–137] - Kishii, T. 2006b. A Revisional Study on Megapenthes shirozui (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Its Allied Species from Japan, with Descriptions of Four New Taxa. Entomological review of Japan 61(1): 55-68. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F., Kuschel, G., Thorpe, S. & Wang, Q. 2003. Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26: 15–28. Archive
- Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010.[Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
- Makihara, H. & Ôhira, H. 2005. 森林総合研究所所蔵の小笠原諸島のコメツキムシ類について [Notes on the elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)]. Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 4(1) (394): 53–64. (Japanese) PDF. Reference page.
- Piguet, H. 2010. Three new species of Megapenthes Kiessenwetter, 1858, from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(1): 31–34.
- Piguet, H. 2011: Two new species of the genus Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858, from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 116(1): 69–72. abstract only seen