Agriotes

Agriotes
Agriotes gallicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Elateridae
Subfamily:
Elaterinae
Tribe:
Pomachiliini
Subtribe:
Cardiorhinina
Genus:
Agriotes

Eschscholtz, 1829[1][2]
Type species
Agriotes sputator
Subgenera
  • Agriodrastus Reitter, 1911
  • Agriotes Eschscholtz, 1829
  • Tinecoides Gurjeva, 1979
  • Tinecus Fleutieux, 1940
Synonyms

Subgenus Agriotes

  • Agriotus Severin, 1949 (in error)
  • Cataphagus Stephens, 1830
  • Fructuarius Gistl, 1848 (replacement name for Agriotes)
  • Hemirhypus Dillwyn, 1829 (preoccupied)
  • Lepidotus Gistel, 1834 (preoccupied by Lepidotus Asso, 1801)
  • Pedetes Kirby, 1837 (preoccupied by Pedetes Illiger, 1811)

Subgenus Tinecus

  • Timecus Leseigneur, 1972 (in error)

Agriotes is a genus of beetles in the family Elateridae which includes numerous species, many of which are found in the Americas, Asia and much of Europe.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9]

Species

The Global Biodiversity Information Facility list 274 species,[10] which include significant agricultural pests such as:

References

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  2. ^ "Nomenclator Zoologicus Record Detail".
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2012-10-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Agriotes". www.itis.gov.
  5. ^ "Data Use Agreement - GBIF Portal".
  6. ^ Peter Hollas. "ION: Index to Organism Names".
  7. ^ "Agriotes - Information on Agriotes - Encyclopedia of Life". Encyclopedia of Life.
  8. ^ "Namebank Record Detail".
  9. ^ "Micro*scope - version 6.0 - March, 2006". Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  10. ^ GBIF. "Agriotes Eschscholtz in Thon, 1829".