Eucnemidae

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: Eucnemidae
Subfamiliae: Anischiinae - Eucneminae - Macraulacinae - Melasinae - Palaeoxeninae - Perothopinae - Phlegoninae - Phyllocerinae - Pseudomeninae
[subfamiliae after Lawrence, Beutel, Leschen & Ślipiński (2010: 4)/Muona (2010: 67–68)]

Overview of genera

Bonvouloiriella – Dromaeolus – Fleutimelasa – Fornax – †Beattieellus – †Lissantauga – ...
Name

Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonyms

Eucnemididae Lacordaire, 1857
Melasidae Leach, 1817
Phylloceridae Reitter, 1905
Perothopidae Lacordaire, 1857
Anischiidae

References

Eschscholtz, J.F. 1829. Eintheilung der Elateriden in Gattungen. Entomologisches Archiv, 2(1): 31–35. Reference page.
Lawrence, J.F.; Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B.; Ślipiński, A. 2010: 1. Changes in classification and list of families and subfamilies. Pp. 1-7 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Lawrence, J.F.; Muona, J.; Teräväinen, M.; Ståhls, G.; Vahtera, V. 2007: Anischia, Perothops and the phylogeny of Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Insect systematics & evolution, 38: 205–239.
Muona, J. 1987: The generic names of the beetle family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica scandinavica, 18: 79–92. DOI: 10.1163/187631287X00043
Muona, J. 1991: The Eucnemidae of South-east Asia and the Western Pacific - a biogeographical study. Australian systematic botany, 4: 165–182. DOI: 10.1071/SB9910165
Muona, J. 1993: Review of the phylogeny, classification and biology of the family Eucnemidae (Coleoptera). Entomologica scandinavica, supplement 44
Muona, J. 2000: A revision of the Nearctic Eucnemidae. Acta Zoologica Fennica, 212: 1–106.
Muona, J. 2010: 4.5. Eucnemidae Eschscholtz, 1829. Pp. 61-69 in: Leschen, R.A.B.; Beutel, R.G.; Lawrence, J.F. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 2: Morphology and systematics (Elateroidea, Bostrichiformia, Cucujiformia partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110190753 ISBN 9783110190755
Muona, J.; Teräväinen, M. 2008: Notes on the biology and morphology of false click-beetle larvae (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae). Coleopterists bulletin, 62: 475–479. DOI: 10.1649/1059.1
I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2007 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4: Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, Lymexyloidea, Cleroidea and Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-67-6, p. 81
Oberprieler, R.G., Ashman, L.G., Frese, M. & Slipinski, A. 2016. The first elateroid beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateroidea) from the Upper Jurassic of Australia. Zootaxa 4147(2): 177–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4147.2.5. Reference page.
Otto, R.L. 2017. The false click beetles (Coleoptera: Eucnemidae) of Hawai'i. Zootaxa 4278(1): 1–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4278.1.1. Reference page.
Vahtera, V., Muona, J.E., Linna, A. & Sääksjärvi, I.E. 2015. Nine genera of Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) new to Peru, with a key to Peruvian genera. Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e4493. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e4493. Reference page.

Links

Australian Faunal Directory
Eucnemidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of family Eucnemidae of Russia

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Schienenkäfer
English: False click beetle
suomi: Sepikät
日本語: コメツキダマシ科
lietuvių: Medienvabaliai
latviešu: Māņsprakšķu dzimta
norsk: Råtevedbiller
русский: Древоеды