Megathous is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. It was originally established by Edmund Reitter as a subgenus of the genus Harminius Fairmaire, 1851.[1] There are more than 10 described species in Megathous, found in the Palearctic.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Dendrometrinae |
| Tribe: | Dendrometrini |
| Genus: | Megathous Reitter, 1905 |
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Species
editThese species belong to the genus Megathous:[4]
- Megathous algirinus (Candèze, 1860)
- Megathous altaicus (Schwarz, 1900)
- Megathous barrosi (Méquignon, 1932)
- Megathous escalerai (Cobos, 1958)
- Megathous ficcuzzensis (Buysson, 1912)
- Megathous fiorii Platia & Marini, 1990
- Megathous hispanicus Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
- Megathous lizlerwerneri Mertlik, 2005
- Megathous menetriesi (Reitter, 1890)
- Megathous peyerimhoffi Buysson, 1917
- Megathous pici (Buysson, 1898)
- Megathous rifensis (Cobos, 1969)
- Megathous sedakovii (Mannerheim, 1852)
- Megathous suturalis (Candèze, 1873)
- Megathous valtopinensis Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
Excluded species
editThe following 3 species were transferred to the genus Hemicrepidius by Frank E. Etzler in 2020.[5]
- Hemicrepidius dauricus (Mannerheim, 1852) (syn. Megathous dauricus (Mannerheim, 1852))
- Hemicrepidius jacobsoni (Reitter, 1905) (syn. Megathous jacobsoni (Reitter, 1905))
- Hemicrepidius nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869) (syn. Megathous nigerrimus (Desbrochers des Loges, 1869))
References
edit- ^ Reitter, E. (1905). "Bestimmungs-Tabelle der europaichen Coleopteren lvi. Elateridae, 1 Theil Elaterini, Subtribus Athouina, aus der palaearctischen Fauna. Mit einer Uebersicht der Familiengruppe der Sternoxia und der Gattungen der Elateridae". Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereins in Brünn (in German). 43: 25 & 27 of 1–122.
- ^ "GBIF, Megathous". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ "IRMNG taxon details, Megathous Reitter, 1905". Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ 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.
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