Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829

Sarkar, Sutirtha, Saha, Sumana & Raychaudhuri, Dinendra, 2025, Five new click beetles of Agrypnus Eschscholtz, 1829 (Elateridae: Agrypninae) from Buxa Tiger Reserve, West Bengal, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 125 (2), pp. 97-109 : 98

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v125/i2/2025/172475

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16974823

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA8F4F-FFF1-F91B-FF0F-FE85FE25FC6E

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Felipe

scientific name

Agrypnus Eschscholtz
status

 

Agrypnus Eschscholtz View in CoL

The third segment of the antenna is shorter than the fourth. Mandible simple or dentate. Prothorax not constricted behind the anterior angle, lateral margin crenulate or entire, hind angle carinate or acarinate, at times carina crenulate. Prosternopleural groove extending up to the middle or beyond the middle of prosternopleural sutures. Hypomeron with or without grooves or depressions. Mesepisternum and mesepimeron do not form part of the margin of the mesocoxal cavity. Metasternum rounded or truncated between the mesocoxae, with or without grooves or depressions. Scutellum variable. Tibial spur absent. Tarsi simple, claw simple, with setae at base.

Distribution: All continents except South America and Antarctica. ( Von Hayek, 1973).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Elateridae

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