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Dipropus

Dipropus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are around 150 described species in Dipropus, found in North, Central, and South America.

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Dipropus
Dipropus simplex, Texas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Elateridae
Subfamily: Elaterinae
Tribe: Ampedini
Subtribe: Dicrepidiina
Genus: Dipropus
Germar, 1839

Dipropus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are around 150 described species in Dipropus, found in North, Central, and South America.12345

Species

These species, among others, belong to the genus Dipropus:

  • Dipropus alopex (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Dipropus amarakaeri Johnson, 2018
  • Dipropus anceps (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus angustatus (Champion, 1895)
  • Dipropus asper (LeConte, 1878)
  • Dipropus atricornis (Champion, 1895)
  • Dipropus badius (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus bifasciatus (Champion, 1895)
  • Dipropus brasilianus (Germar, 1824)
  • Dipropus brunneus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus chloropterus (Erichson, 1848)
  • Dipropus deletus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus erythroderus (Candèze, 1878)
  • Dipropus ferreus (LeConte, 1853)
  • Dipropus inornatus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus laticollis (Eschscholtz, 1829)
  • Dipropus latus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus losamigos Johnson, 2018
  • Dipropus melas (Champion, 1895)
  • Dipropus metallicus (Champion, 1895)
  • Dipropus nigrita (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus pericu Johnson, 2016
  • Dipropus porosus (Erichson, 1848)
  • Dipropus puberulus (Boheman, 1858)
  • Dipropus punctatus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus puncticollis (Fabricius, 1801)
  • Dipropus reinae Johnson 2016
  • Dipropus rufulus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus schwarzi (Becker, 1961)
  • Dipropus simplex (LeConte, 1853)
  • Dipropus soleatus (Say, 1834)
  • Dipropus sonora Johnson 2016
  • Dipropus subsericeus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus subsericeus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus sus (Candèze, 1859)
  • Dipropus tequesta Johnson 2017
  • Dipropus warneri Johnson 2016
  • Dipropus yaqui Johnson 2016
References

References

  1. "Dipropus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  2. "Dipropus genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
  3. Casari, Sônia A.; Biffi, Gabriel (2012). "Immatures of Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 and Dipropus Germar, 1839 (Elateridae, Elaterinae, Ampedini: Dicrepidiina)". Zootaxa. 3587: 65–77. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.3.
  4. Johnson, Paul J.; Boyd, Hannah K.; Chaboo, Caroline S. (2018). "New species of Elateridae (Coleoptera) from Madre de Dios, Peru, with new taxonomic changes and distribution records". Revista peruana de biología. 25 (2): 75–90. doi:10.15381/rpb.v25i2.14685.
  5. Mathison, Blaine A.; Paul J. Johnson (2017). "A new species of Dipropus Germar (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Florida, with taxonomic and morphological notes and a new key to the species of the eastern United States". Insecta Mundi. 0566: 1–7.