Megathous

Megathous
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
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. There are more than 10 described species in Megathous, found in the Palearctic.

Species

These species belong to the genus Megathous:

Megathous algirinus (Candèze, 1860)
Megathous altaicus (Schwarz, 1900)
Megathous barrosi (Méquignon, 1932)
Megathous escalerai (Cobos, 1958)
Megathous ficcuzzensis (Buysson, 1912)
Megathous fiorii Platia & Marini, 1990
Megathous hispanicus Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
Megathous lizlerwerneri Mertlik, 2005
Megathous menetriesi (Reitter, 1890)
Megathous peyerimhoffi Buysson, 1917
Megathous pici (Buysson, 1898)
Megathous rifensis (Cobos, 1969)
Megathous sedakovii [species] (Mannerheim, 1852)
Megathous suturalis (Candèze, 1873)
Megathous valtopinensis Platia & Gudenzi, 2005

Excluded species

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

Hemicrepidius dauricus [species] (Mannerheim, 1852) (syn. Megathous dauricus (Mannerheim, 1852))
Hemicrepidius jacobsoni [species] (Reitter, 1905) (syn. Megathous jacobsoni (Reitter, 1905))
Hemicrepidius nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869) (syn. Megathous nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869))

References

↑ 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.
↑ "GBIF, Megathous". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
↑ Biolib
↑ "IRMNG taxon details, Megathous Reitter, 1905". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
↑ 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.

External links

[brunn-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.

[gbif-2] "GBIF, Megathous". Retrieved 2024-10-14.

[biolib-3] Biolib

[irmng-4] "IRMNG taxon details, Megathous Reitter, 1905". Retrieved 2024-10-14.

[Etzler-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.