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Megathous

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Megathous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Dendrometrinae
Tribe: Dendrometrini
Genus: Megathous
Reitter, 1905
Synonyms
  • Harmiathous Ôhira, 1993
  • Harminathous Kishii, 1955
  • Mehathous Cobos, 1969

Megathous is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. It was originally established by Edmund Reitter as a subgenus of the genus Harminius Fairmaire, 1851.[1] There are more than 10 described species in Megathous, found in the Palearctic.[2][3]

Species

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These species belong to the genus Megathous:[4]

Excluded species

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The following 3 species were transferred to the genus Hemicrepidius by Frank E. Etzler [species] in 2020.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Reitter, E. (1905). "Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europaichen Coleopteren lvi. Elateridae, 1 Theil Elaterini, Subtribus Athouina, aus der palaearctischen Fauna. Mit einer Uebersicht der Familiengruppe der Sternoxia und der Gattungen der Elateridae". Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn (in German). 43: 25 & 27 of 1–122.
  2. ^ "GBIF, Megathous". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  3. ^ Biolib
  4. ^ "IRMNG taxon details, Megathous Reitter, 1905". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
  5. ^ Etzler, F.E. (2020). "A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classification". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 74 (mo18): 1–126. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-74.mo18.1.
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