Plastocerus
| Plastocerus | |
|---|---|
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| Plastocerus angulosus, male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrometrinae |
| Tribe: | Plastocerini |
| Genus: | Plastocerus Schaum, 1852 |
| Synonyms | |
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Plastocerus is a genus of click beetles, the sole member of the tribe Plastocerini. While it has historically often been ranked as a family,[1] the genus is now placed firmly within the Elateridae family.[2][3][4][5][6]
Species
[edit]- Plastocerus angulosus (Germar, 1844)
- Plastocerus thoracicus Fleutiaux, 1918
References
[edit]- ↑ Plastoceridae Species List at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 15 Jul 2011.
- ↑ Bocak L, Motyka M, Bocek M, Bocakova M (2018) Incomplete sclerotization and phylogeny: The phylogenetic classification of Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateroidea). PLoS ONE 13(3): e0194026. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194026.
- ↑ Kusy D, Motyka M, Bocek M, Vogler AP & Bocak L (2018) Genome sequences identify three families of Coleoptera as morphologically derived click beetles (Elateridae). Scientific Reports, 8: 17084, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-35328-0
- ↑ Hájek Jiří, Ivie Michael A., Lawrence John F. (2020) Binhon atrum Pic – a junior synonym of Plastocerus thoracicus, with nomenclatural notes on Plastocerus (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Plastocerinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(2): 391-396.
- ↑ Bouchard, Patrice; Bousquet, Yves; Davies, Anthony; Cai, Chenyang (2024). "On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta)". ZooKeys (1194): 1–981. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440. PMC 10955229. PMID 38523865. Retrieved 2024-10-17.
- ↑ Douglas, H.B.; Kundrata, R.; Brunke, A.J.; Escalona, H.E.; et al. (2021). "Anchored Phylogenomics, Evolution and Systematics of Elateridae: Are All Bioluminescent Elateroidea Derived Click Beetles?". Biology. 10 (6): 451. doi:10.3390/biology10060451. PMC 8224040. PMID 34063961. Retrieved 2024-12-29.
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