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Balgus

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

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Balgus
Balgus tuberculosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Thylacosterninae
Genus: Balgus
Fleutiaux, 1920
Species

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Balgus is a genus of Central American 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

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) - type species (as Melasis tuberculosa Dalman)
References

References

  1. Costa, C. (1984) Note on the bioluminescence of Balgus schnusei (Heller, 1914) (Trixagidae, Coleoptera). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 28: 397–398.
  2. 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
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