| Parallelostethus attenuatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Elateriformia |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Genus: | Parallelostethus |
| Species: | P. attenuatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say, 1825)
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Parallelostethus attenuatus is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae.1
1,8-Octanediol di-hexanoate strongly attracts adult male P. attenuatus beetles, and the sex attractant pheromone of the species may consist entirely of this compound.2
The morphology of the "hinges" P. attenuatus uses to "click" have been studied in detail.3
In Indiana, it is commonly found in rotten logs, eating decaying moist wood tissue.4 Elateridae in general are common in wood in Indiana.5
References
References
- "Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say, 1825)". GBIF. Retrieved 2025-03-08.
- Millar, Jocelyn G.; Williams, Livy; Serrano, Jacqueline M.; Halloran, Sean; Grommes, Anna C.; Huseth, Anders S.; Kuhar, Thomas P.; Hanks, Lawrence M. (August 2022). "A Symmetrical Diester as the Sex Attractant Pheromone of the North American Click Beetle Parallelostethus attenuatus (Say) (Coleoptera: Elateridae)". Journal of Chemical Ecology. 48 (7–8): 598–608. doi:10.1007/s10886-022-01360-8. hdl:10919/109769. ISSN 1573-1561. PMID 35397045.
- Bolmin, Ophelia; Wei, Lihua; Hazel, Alexander M.; Dunn, Alison C.; Wissa, Aimy; Alleyne, Marianne (2019-06-17). "Latching of the click beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) thoracic hinge enabled by the morphology and mechanics of conformal structures". Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 (12): jeb196683. doi:10.1242/jeb.196683. ISSN 0022-0949.
- Kirk, Harry (1922). "Biological Notes on Elateridae and Melasidae (Col..)". Entomological News, and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 33: 236––240.
- Blatchley, W. S. (Willis Stanley) (1910). On the Coleoptera known to occur in Indiana. Smithsonian Libraries. Indianapolis, W.B. Burford, contractor for state printing.