Biology:Elateroides

Short description: 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:

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

• Nardi, G. 2019. Synonymic notes on European Lymexylidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 4450(4): 597–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.4.11

Wikidata ☰ Q5353594 entry