Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elateroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Hemirhipini
Genus: Alaus
Species (18):
A. alicii –
A. calcaripilosus –
A. cinnamomeus –
A. haroldi –
A. latipennis –
A. lusciosus –
A. melanops –
A. myops –
A. nobilis –
A. oculatus –
A. patricius –
A. plebejus –
A. sericeus –
A. thoracopunctatus –
A. tricolor –
A. unicus –
A. veracruzanus –
A. zunianus
Name
Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829: 33 [also seen as 32]
Gender: masculine
Type species: Elater oculatus Linnaeus, 1756 by monotypy
Synonymy
References
Primary references
- Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Eintheilung der Elateriden in Gattungen. Entomologisches Archiv, 2(1): 31–35. Reference page.
Additional references
- Casari, S.A. 1996: Systematics and phylogenetic analysis of Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Revista brasileira de entomologia, 40: 249–298. [not seen]
- Casari, S.A. 2002: Larvae of Alaus myops, A. oculatus, Chalcolepidius porcatus, Hemirhipus apicalis and generic larval characterization (Elateridae, Agrypninae, Hemirhipini). Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 92 (2): 93–110. PDF
- Casari, S.A. 2003. New species of Alaus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Agrypninae, Hemirhipini). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 39(4): 315–333. full article (PDF). Reference page.
- Woodruff, R.E. 1999 (revised 2004): Click Beetles, Alaus spp. (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elateridae). Document EENY-085, 5 pp. University of Florida IFAS Extension. PDF
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