Megapenthes

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: Elaterinae
Tribus: Megapenthini
Genus: Megapenthes
Species: M. azumai – M. bengalensis – M. claudei – M. dajuensis – M. dongchuanensis – M. funebrioides – M. funebris – M. holzschuhi – M. hummeli – M. japonicus – M. jizuensis – M. kubani – M. kurosawai – M. kusuii – M. linearis – M. lugens – M. luteipes – M. makiharai – M. oblongicollis – M. opacus – M. pallidulus – M. papuensis – M. pierrei – M. riesei – M. rugosus – M. rutilipennis – M. sechuanensis – M. seinoi – M. semelai – M. shirozui – M. taichii – M. tartareus – M. tattakensis – M. tetricus – M. yagii – M. yahiroi – M. yunnanus – ?M. kieneri

Name

Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858.

Type species: Elater lugens W. Redtenbacher, 1842.

Synonymy

Dolopiosomus Motschulsky, 1860: 380.
- Type species: Dolopiosomus aterrimus Motschulsky, 1860 [= Trichophorus tartareus LeConte, 1859]
Horizoteichos Van Zwaluwenburg, 1931: 432.
- Type species: Horizoteichos papuensis Van Zwaluwenburg, 1931.

References

Primary references

Kiesenwetter E.A.H. von 1857–1863. Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschlands. Erste Abtheilung. Coleoptera. Vierter Band. Berlin: Nicolai'sche Buchhandlung. 745 pp. BHL Reference page. [see page 353]
Motschulsky, V. de 1859. Coléoptères nouveaux de la Californie. Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou 32(4): 357–410. BHL Reference page.
Van Zwaluwenburg, R.H. 1931. Elateridae from New Guinea and New Britain in the Collections of the Experiment Station H. S. P. A. (Col.). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 7(3): 427–436. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Cate, P.C., Sánchez-Ruiz, A., Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. 2007. Elateridae, pp. 89–209. 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 pages 136–137]
Kishii, T. 2006b. A Revisional Study on Megapenthes shirozui (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and Its Allied Species from Japan, with Descriptions of Four New Taxa. Entomological review of Japan 61(1): 55-68. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Leschen, R.A.B., Lawrence, J.F., Kuschel, G., Thorpe, S. & Wang, Q. 2003. Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 26: 15–28. Archive
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010.[Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Makihara, H. & Ôhira, H. 2005. 森林総合研究所所蔵の小笠原諸島のコメツキムシ類について [Notes on the elaterid-beetles from the Ogasawara Islands in the collection of Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (FFPRI)]. Bulletin of the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute 4(1) (394): 53–64. (Japanese) PDF. Reference page.

Piguet, H. 2010. Three new species of Megapenthes Kiessenwetter, 1858, from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 115(1): 31–34.
Piguet, H. 2011: Two new species of the genus Megapenthes Kiesenwetter, 1858, from Madagascar (Coleoptera, Elateridae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 116(1): 69–72. abstract only seen