Megathous

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elateroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Dendrometrinae
Tribus: Dendrometrini
Subtribus: Hemicrepidiina
Genus: Megathous
Species: M. algirinus – M. altaicus – M. barrosi – M. escalerai – M. ficcuzzensis – M. fiorii – M. hispanicus – M. lizlerwerneri – M. menetriesi – M. peyerimhoffi – M. pici – M. rifensis – M. sedakovii – M. suturalis – M. tannourinensis – M. valtopinensis

Name

Megathous Reitter, 1905.

Type species: Athous menetriesi Reitter, 1890.

Synonymy

Harminathous Kishii, 1955.

• Type species: Harminathous nakanei Kishii, 1955 [= Athous suturalis Candèze, 1873].

References

Primary references

• Reitter, E. 1905. Bestimmungs-Tabelle der palaearktischen, mit Athous verwandten Elateriden (Subtribus Athoina), mit einer Uebersicht der verwandten Coleopteren-Familien: Sternoxia und mit einem Bestimmungsschlüssel der Gattungen der Elateridae. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn 43: 3–122. (German) BHL. Reference page.  [see pages 25, 27–28 & 30 (as a subgenus of Harminius Fairmaire, 1851)]

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 (via Wikipedia Library ). Google Books (limited preview available). Reference page.  [see page 171]
• Etzler, F.E. 2020. A Revision of the Genus Hemicrepidius Germar, 1839 (Coleoptera: Elateridae) of the New World, with Comments on Global Classification. The Coleopterists Bulletin 74(mo18): 1–126. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.mo18.1 (via Wikipedia Library ). Reference page. 
• Mertlik, J. 2005. Description of three new species of family Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Syria and Turkey. Folia Heyrovskyana 12(4): 167–173. Reference page. 
• Németh, T. 2019. Elateridae (Coleoptera) of Lebanon. Zootaxa 4614(1): 127–159. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4614.1.6 Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Descrizione di una nuova specie di elateride del genere Megathous Reitter dell'Italia centrale (Umbria) con note geonemiche su altre specie della fauna italiana. (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae) [Description of a new species of click-beetle of the genus Megathous Reitter from central Italy (Umbria) with geonemic notes on some species of the Italian fauna (Coleoptera Elateridae)]. Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 20: 115–122. (Italian) PDF. Reference page. 
• Platia, G. & Gudenzi, I. 2005. Description of eleven new species of click-beetles of the Palearctic Region, a case of legs teratology, and new records of some species of the Italian fauna (Insecta Coleoptera Elateridae). Quaderno di Studi e Notizie di Storia Naturale della Romagna 21: 109–127. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

• Megathous Reitter, 1905 Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• Megathous – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION). Accessed: 4 November 2024.
• Megathous – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera (IRMNG). Accessed: 4 November 2024.