Megathous
Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Elateroidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Dendrometrinae
Tribus: Dendrometrini
Subtribus: Hemicrepidiina
Genus: Megathous
Species: M. algirinus –
M. altaicus –
M. barrosi –
M. escalerai –
M. ficcuzzensis –
M. fiorii –
M. hispanicus –
M. lizlerwerneri –
M. menetriesi –
M. peyerimhoffi –
M. pici –
M. rifensis –
M. sedakovii –
M. suturalis –
M. tannourinensis –
M. valtopinensis
Name
Megathous Reitter, 1905.
Type species: Athous menetriesi Reitter, 1890.
Synonymy
Harminathous Kishii, 1955.
- Type species: Harminathous nakanei Kishii, 1955 [= Athous suturalis Candèze, 1873].
References
Primary references
- Reitter, E. 1905. Bestimmungs-Tabelle der palaearktischen, mit Athous verwandten Elateriden (Subtribus Athoina), mit einer Uebersicht der verwandten Coleopteren-Familien: Sternoxia und mit einem Bestimmungsschlüssel der Gattungen der Elateridae. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn 43: 3–122. (German) BHL. Reference page. [see pages 25, 27–28 & 30 (as a subgenus of Harminius Fairmaire, 1851)]
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
(via Wikipedia Library 
). Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page. [see page 171] - 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 . Reference page.
- Mertlik, J. 2005. Description of three new species of family Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Syria and Turkey. Folia Heyrovskyana 12(4): 167–173. Reference page.
- Németh, T. 2019. Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon. Zootaxa 4614(1): 127–159. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.6 Reference page.
- Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Descrizione di una nuova specie di elateride del genere Megathous Reitter dell'Italia centrale (Umbria) con note geonemiche su altre specie della fauna italiana. (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae) [Description of a new species of click-beetle of the genus Megathous Reitter from central Italy (Umbria) with geonemic notes on some species of the Italian fauna (Coleoptera Elateridae)]. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 20: 115–122. (Italian) PDF. Reference page.
- Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Description of eleven new species of click-beetles of the Palearctic Region, a case of legs teratology, and new records of some species of the Italian fauna (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 21: 109–127. PDF. Reference page.
Links
- Megathous Reitter, 1905 Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
- Megathous – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 4 November 2024.
- Megathous – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 4 November 2024.