Malacogaster

Female adult of Malacogaster passerinii

One of the male syntypes of Malacogaster tilloides (BMNH; barcode: NHMUK015009554)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Elateriformia Superfamilia: Elateroidea

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Agrypninae
Tribus: Drilini
Genus: Malacogaster
Species: M. bassii – M. holomelas – M. maculiventris – M. nigripes – M. passerinii – M. rubripes – M. ruficollis – M. rutllanti – M. theryi – M. tilloides

Source(s) of checklist:
Hoffmannova, J. & Kundrata, R. 2022. Diversity of the Paedomorphic Snail-Eating Click-Beetle Genus Malacogaster Bassi, 1834 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) in the Mediterranean. Biology 10(11)-1503: 1–55. DOI: 10.3390/biology11101503 . ResearchGate . Reference page.

Name

Malacogaster Bassi, 1834.

Gender: feminine.

Type species: Malacogaster passerinii Bassi, 1834.

References

Primary references

• Bassi, [C.A.] 1834. Description du genre Malacogaster. In: Guérin-Méneville, F.E.: Insecta, Nr. 99, 1 pl. Magasin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie Comparée et de Paléontologie 1: Pl. 1–40. Paris: Arthur Bertrand. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bocák, L. 2007. Drilidae, pp. 209–210. 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 . Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page.  [see page 210]
• Hoffmannova, J. & Kundrata, R. 2022. Diversity of the Paedomorphic Snail-Eating Click-Beetle Genus Malacogaster Bassi, 1834 (Elateridae: Agrypninae: Drilini) in the Mediterranean. Biology 10(11)-1503: 1–55. DOI: 10.3390/biology11101503 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Kundrata, R., Kubaczkova, M., Prosvirov, A.S., Douglas, H.B., Fojtikova, A., Costa, C., Bousquet, Y., Alonso-Zarazaga, M.A. & Bouchard, P. 2019. World catalogue of the genus-group names in Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera). Part I: Agrypninae, Campyloxeninae, Hemiopinae, Lissominae, Oestodinae, Parablacinae, Physodactylinae, Pityobiinae, Subprotelaterinae, Tetralobinae. ZooKeys 839: 83–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.839.33279 . Reference page.  [see page 100]
• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2010. Errata to Volumes 1 to 5. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books, p. 25. DOI: 10.1163/9789004260917_002 . Google Books (limited preview available).
• Pic, M. 1951. Sur le genre Malacogaster Bassi (Col. Drilidae). Bulletin de la Société des sciences naturelles du Maroc 1951, XXIX [1949], 295–297. (French) Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. 

Links

• Malacogaster – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 16 November 2024.

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