Balgus

Life-forms

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

Familia: Elateridae
Subfamilia: Thylacosterninae
Genus: Balgus
Species: B. albofasciatus – B. egaensis – B. eschscholtzi – B. humilis – B. obconicus – B. rugosus – B. schnusei – B. subfasciatus –B. tuberculosus

Name

Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920
References

Barbosa, F.F. 2016. Revision and phylogeny of the genus Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Thylacosterninae). Zootaxa 4083(4): 451–482. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.1.Reference page.

Balgus is a genus of click beetle (family Elateridae). They are one of several genera in the family which contain at least one bioluminescent species.[1] The genus was originally placed in the family Eucnemidae, later transferred to Throscidae, but recent classifications establish them firmly within Elateridae.[2]
List of species

Balgus albofasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
Balgus egaensis (Bonvouloir, 1875) [= "eganensis"]
Balgus eschscholtzi (Laporte, 1835)
Balgus humilis (Bonvouloir, 1875)
Balgus obconicus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
Balgus rugosus (Blanchard, 1843)
Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914)
Balgus subfasciatus (Bonvouloir, 1875)
Balgus tuberculosus (Dalman, 1823)

References

Costa, C. (1984) Note on the bioluminescence of Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914) (Trixagidae, Coleoptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 28: 397–398.
Barbosa, F.F. (2016) Revision and phylogeny of the genus Balgus Fleutiaux, 1920 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Thylacosterninae). Zootaxa 4083(4): 451–482. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4083.4.1