Zorochros

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: Negastriinae
Genus: Zorochros
Species: Z. ahrensi – Z. angularis – Z. bingkorensis – Z. compaginatus – Z. coreanus – Z. cretensis – Z. crux – Z. dabieshanensis – Z. demustoides – Z. dermesorides – Z. dilatatus – Z. dolini – Z. flavipes – Z. flavosignatus – Z. hartmanni – Z. hubeiensis – Z. inconspicuous – Z. indicus – Z. interpositus – Z. jaechi – Z. karnaliensis – Z. kopeckyi – Z. kourili – Z. loebli – Z. magnificus – Z. maai – Z. malayanus – Z. mansusanensis – Z. meridionalis – Z. merkli – Z. mesasiaticus – Z. minimus – Z. mohagani – Z. naniensis – Z. nanus – Z. nigredos – Z. pallicrus – Z. pilosellus – Z. platiai – Z. plorabilis – Z. ponticus – Z. quadriguttatus – Z. quadritactus – Z. recellentus – Z. riparius – Z. schawalleri – Z. schmidti – Z. schoenmanni – Z. scutellaris – Z. senaroensis – Z. stibicki – Z. suzukii – Z. theodori – Z. tongshanensis – Z. trigonochirus – Z. villosus
Name

Zorochros C.G. Thomson, 1859: 106

Type species: Elater demustoides (Herbst, 1806)

Synonyms

Zorochrus Thomson, 1864: 116 (nom. emend.)

References

Nasserzadeh, H., Platia, G., Parsi, F. & Serri, S. 2018. Three new species, Elathous zagrosensis sp. n., Zorochros dilatatus sp. n., and Dicronychus iranicus sp. n., and noteworthy records of click beetles from western Iran (Coleoptera: Elateridae). Zootaxa 4394(4): 517–536. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4394.4.3 Reference page.
Han, T.; Park, I.G.; Park, H. 2015: Two new species of the genus Zorochros (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Negastriinae) from Korea. Zootaxa 3904 (2): 261–269. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.5 Reference page.

Zorochros is a genus of click beetles, found chiefly in sand on the banks of rivers and streams.[1] There are 40 described species belonging to the genus, most of which are native to Eurasia.[2]
Selected species

Zorochros coreanus Han, Park I.G. & Park H, 2015
Zorochros dermestoides Herbst, 1806
Zorochros dufouri Buysson, 1900
Zorochros iranicus Dolin, 2002
Zorochros mansusanensis Han, Park I.G. & Park H, 2015
Zorochros mesasiaticus Dolin, 1995
Zorochros titanus Dolin & Cate 1998
Zorochros yosrae Al Dhafer & Wells, 2016

References

Han, T.; Park, I.G.; Park, H. (2015) Two new species of the genus Zorochros (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Negastriinae) from Korea. Zootaxa 3904 (2): 261–269. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.2.5
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